What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
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n. 港口,安全地方;避难所,安息所;
vt. 把(船)开进港;为…提供避难场所;掩护;
💡 hav持有+en表示场所→有[全部]的场所 → 避难所
"They haven't formally announced their engagement yet."
他们还没有正式宣布订婚。
近义:asylum, protection, refuge, roof, sanctuary, shelter
tolerable
['tɑlərəbl]
adj. 可忍受的;过得去的;可宽恕的;<口>还算健康的;
💡 toler =endure,表示”容忍”#词根助记:toler+able
"a tolerable degree of success"
说得过去的成功
近义:livable, passable, acceptable, sufferable, supportable, sustainable
反义:impermissible, inadmissible, incompetent, objectionable, unadmitted, unallowable
n. [天]行星;[占星](左右人命运的)星相;
💡 plano-, plan-, -plany, -plania 表”被动的漂流,闲逛”
"the planet Earth"
地球这颗行星
近义:planetary
n. 房屋;全家人;(从事某种生意的)公司;(英国)下议院;
v. 给…提供住房;收藏;安置;
"a house among the trees"
树林中的一座房子
近义:host, keep, lodge, quarter, shelter, accommodate
反义:oust, out, expel, deport, dispossess, exile