Envy is the adversary of the fortunate---Epictetus,Greek Stoic philosopher.
嫉妒是好運(yùn)的敵人---愛比克泰德,希臘斯多噶派哲學(xué)家。
今日單詞:
adversary n.對(duì)手、敵手,來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)adversarius,表示對(duì)手、敵人、敵對(duì)方,來(lái)自拉丁詞根vers,vert,vors,vort,表示彎曲、旋轉(zhuǎn)、轉(zhuǎn)身等,前綴ad在這里表示動(dòng)作的方向,后綴ary在這里表示a people who,所以adversary敵手的字面意思就是“a people who turned toward one一個(gè)4轉(zhuǎn)過身來(lái)面對(duì)你的人“,那當(dāng)然很可能是你的“對(duì)手”了。
衍生單詞有:
advertise vt.&vi. (給…)做廣告宣傳、展現(xiàn)、公布,ise(ize)是表示動(dòng)作的拉丁后綴,如句子:The company advertised goods for sale這家公司為推銷產(chǎn)品而做廣告;
averse adj.不喜歡的、討厭的、反對(duì)的,如句子:My father is always averse to spending money我父親一直討厭亂花錢;
controversy n.爭(zhēng)論、爭(zhēng)議、辯論、爭(zhēng)吵,如句子: The specification of the solvent residual is still a matter of controversy關(guān)于溶媒殘留的成分組成仍是一個(gè)爭(zhēng)論。前綴contr表示相對(duì)的、相反的,參考單詞counterpart相對(duì)應(yīng)的人中的內(nèi)容;
vertical adj.垂直的、豎的、縱向的,n.垂直線、垂直位置,如講述攀巖者故事的美國(guó)大片《Vertical Limit垂直極限》;
vice versa adv.反過來(lái)也一樣,反之亦然,這里的vice來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)vicis,表示turn或者change,所以vice versa的字面意思就是turn and turn,如句子:The changing of real property to personal property or vice versa財(cái)產(chǎn)轉(zhuǎn)換從不動(dòng)產(chǎn)轉(zhuǎn)換為動(dòng)產(chǎn)或者反之。
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Welcome to the six o’clock news! Our top story tonight: An armed criminal robbed the Iron Lifts Gym earlier today and then fled on foot.
Police have been in pursuit for hours, but the culprit has yet to be apprehended.
歡迎收看六點(diǎn)鐘新聞報(bào)道!今晚新聞?lì)^條是:一個(gè)武裝劫匪在今天較早前搶劫了健身房,然后徒步逃跑。
警方追蹤了數(shù)小時(shí),罪犯仍未被逮捕。
(小編有話說(shuō):在跑步機(jī)上抓賊,如此特殊,極為罕見,罪犯是呆,警察是豬呀╮(╯▽╰)╭)
喜歡我的朋友關(guān)注一下我 每天給你們帶點(diǎn)關(guān)于英語(yǔ)方面的東西,可能是笑話,可能是單詞