The cable TV sex channels don't expand our horizons, don't make us better people, and don't come in clearly enough.
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vt. 使…变大;扩张;详述;
vi. 扩展;发展;张开;展开;
💡 pand-, pans-, pass- 表”伸展,散播”#词根助记:ex向外+pand
"Plans to expand the company have had to be quietly shelved."
公司扩充的计划不得不悄悄搁置下来.
近义:propagate, spread, increase, magnify, augment, outstretch
反义:lessen, lower, muffle, attenuate, restrain, slacken
n. 人,人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于,布满;使住满人,在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 缆绳,绳索;[电学]电缆;(系船用的)缆绳;(船只、桥梁等上的)巨缆;
vt. 发电报至;电传;固定系牢;
vi. 拍发电报;
💡 开报(谐音): 电报 电缆 cab(包容)+le(小东西):包容起来的小东西- 电线 电缆
"the sheath around an electric cable"
电线护皮
近义:wire, telegram, telegraph, cablegram
adj. 较好的;更合适的;能力更强的;好转的;
adv. 更好地;更妥;更;
v. 胜过;上进;
n. 更好者;更有才智者;
"We're hoping for better weather tomorrow."
我们希望明天天气转好。
近义:improve, perfect, upgrade, meliorate, complete, enrich
反义:intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, lousy
vi. 来;开始;出现;发生;
vt. 做;装扮…的样子;将满(…岁);
int. 嗨!;
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去,现在就要行动起来。
近义:impersonate, perform, personify, portray, represent, stage
反义:leave, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, split
adv. 明亮地;明净地;明确地;显然地;
"This case falls clearly within the ambit of the 2001 act."
这件案子显然属于2001年法案的范围。
近义:just, manifestly, obviously, openly, overtly, patently
反义:privately, privily, secretly, undercover, underground, clandestinely