If I could get my membership fee back, I'd resign from the human race.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 会员资格;会员身份;会员全体;
💡 member成员+ship表名词 →成员资格
"Who is eligible to apply for membership of the association?"
谁有资格申请加入这个协会？
近义：association, group
v. 辞职;放弃;屈从;勉强接受;
💡 re再+sign记号，信号→再做记号→再签字→任职签一次，辞职签一次 →辞职
"You must resign yourselves to waiting a bit longer."
你们要耐心多等一会儿.
近义：quitclaim, relinquish, renounce, surrender, waive, abandon
反义：persevere, mutiny, resist, revolt, upheave, uprise
n. 人，人类;
adj. 人的;有人性的;显示人类特有弱点的;人本性的;
💡 hum土,地+an名词后缀，属于...的，传说人是由土造出的 → 人类
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老师打了个比喻，把人的心脏比作水泵。
近义：mortal
n. 背，背部;背面，反面;后面，后部;（椅子等的）靠背;
vt. 使后退;支持;加背书于;下赌注于;
vi. 后退;倒退;
adj. 背部的;后面的;以前的;拖欠的;
adv. 以前;向后地;
"Water allotments to farmers were cut back in the drought."
在干旱时期配给农民的水量减少。
近义：second, support, endorse, illustrate, document, backtrack
反义：impel, inch, save, loop, sheer, slew
n. 赛跑;人种;竞争;民族;
v. 参加比赛;快速移动;空转;
💡 比赛跑（r=run）第一（ace，扑克a）
"Much to his chagrin, he did not win the race."
使他大为懊恼的是他赛跑没获胜.
近义：hurry, nip, run, scurry, speed, sprint
反义：pace