Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood.
📚 名句词汇解析
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vt. 声称;断言;需要;索取;
vi. 提出要求;
n. (根据权利而提出的)要求;声称;断言;索赔;
💡 claim→要求;主张;要求;权利;主张
"It would be disingenuous of me to claim I had never seen it."
要说我从未看到过,那就是言不由衷了。
近义:adduce, allege, require, summon, request, demand
反义:impart, award, present, accord, bestow, administer
vt. 保持;留在心中,记住;雇用;付定金保留;
💡 re回+tain握住→拿回来→保留
"to retain your independence"
保持独立
近义:keep, stem, withhold, detain, hire, recruit
n. 童年,儿童时代;早期;
💡 child孩子+hood表名词,“时期,性质等” →童年
"I always associate the smell of baking with my childhood."
一闻到烘烤食物的味道我就想起了童年。
近义:infancy, babyhood, boyhood, girlhood
反义:senescence, senility, agedness, dotage, eldership, ancientness
n. 游戏,运动;比赛,竞赛;诡计;猎物;
adj. 受伤的,瘸的;对…有兴趣的;雄赳赳的;关于野味的;
v. 打赌,赌输赢;赌输;
"the East-West All-Star Game"
东西部全明星赛
近义:play, sport, toy, dally, match, round
n. 高尔夫球;高尔夫球运动;
vi. 打高尔夫球;
💡 去(go)拿一(l)根球棒(f-高尔夫棒)打 高尔夫球
"an elder statesman of golf"
高尔夫球的元老