I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.
📚 名句词汇解析
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adj. 外国的,外交的;外来的;不相干的;[医]异质的;
💡 fore 表示”论坛,公共发言的地方”,”户外,
"You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation."
看翻译作品不能真正欣赏到外国文学原著的美妙之处。
近义:newfangled, outlandish, overseas, strange, alien, exotic
反义:indigenous, native, autochthonal, autochthonic, primal, primeval
n. 办公室;办公楼;问询处;重要官职;
💡 fac, fect, fic, fig, fea =make,do,表示”做,制作”
"The office was light and airy."
办公室又明亮又通风。
近义:organisation, organization, bureau, department, agency, entity
adj. 将来的,未来的;[语法学]将来时的;
n. 前途;[美国俚语]未婚妻;期货;
💡 futur- 【拉丁传入法语】表示将来的某种状态
"We all work hard in the interests of our future."
我们都为我们自己的将来而努力工作.
近义:next, oncoming, unborn, coming, forthcoming
反义:prior
convinced
[kən'vinst]
adj. 确信的;深信的;有坚定信仰的;
v. 使确信(convince的过去分词);说服;
"I am convinced of her innocence."
我坚信她是清白无辜的。
近义:persuaded, sold
adj. 小的;难为情的;低级的,卑劣的;细微的,微弱的;
adv. 小小地;卑鄙地;
n. 细小部分,腰部;琐碎东西;身份低的人;矮小的人;
"These small particles agglomerate together to form larger clusters."
这些颗粒聚结形成较大的团。
近义:little, meager, meagre, minute, reduced, scanty
反义:large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
n. 房间;空间;余地;房间里所有的人;
vt. 租房,合住;为…提供住处;投宿,住宿;留…住宿;
"a stuffy, airless room"
空气沉闷不通风的房间
近义:lodge, dwell, precinct, quarter, saloon, stance