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2011/04/15 (Fri)
1. courtship noun [countable/uncountable]
原句: After a lengthy courtship and time to become accustomed to the stresses of being a royal.
意思: the time when two people have a romantic relationship before they get married; the process of developing this relationship
例句: They married after a short courtship.
2. so far idiom
原句: So far, only a few experimental biospheres have been built on Earth.
意思:
a. until now; up to this point
b. only to a limited degree
例句:
a. Detectives are so far at a loss to explain the reason for his death.
b. I trust him only so far.
3. commoner noun
原句: The daughter of middle-class commners and descendant of working-class coal miners.
意思: a person who does not come from a royal or noble family
字源: Middle English (denoting a citizen): from medieval Latin communarius, from communa, communia ‘community’, based on Latin communis ‘common’.
例句: It was not acceptable for royalty to marry commoners in those days.
4. descendant noun
原句: The daughter of middle-class commners and descendant of working-class coal miners.
意思: a person's descendants are their children, their children's children, and all the people who live after them who are related to them
字源: late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘descending’): from French, present participle of descendre ‘to descend’, from Latin descendere, from de- ‘down’ + scandere ‘to climb’. The noun dates from the early 17th cent.
例句: Many of them are descendants of the original settlers.
5. rescue noun
原句: Just finished training as a helicopter rescue pilot in the Royal Air Force and is living near his base in Wales.
意思: the act of saving sb/sth from a dangerous or difficult situation; the fact of being saved
字源: Middle English: from Old French rescoure from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + excutere ‘shake out, discard’.
例句: A wealthy benefactor came to their rescue with a generous donation.
原句: After a lengthy courtship and time to become accustomed to the stresses of being a royal.
意思: the time when two people have a romantic relationship before they get married; the process of developing this relationship
例句: They married after a short courtship.
2. so far idiom
原句: So far, only a few experimental biospheres have been built on Earth.
意思:
a. until now; up to this point
b. only to a limited degree
例句:
a. Detectives are so far at a loss to explain the reason for his death.
b. I trust him only so far.
3. commoner noun
原句: The daughter of middle-class commners and descendant of working-class coal miners.
意思: a person who does not come from a royal or noble family
字源: Middle English (denoting a citizen): from medieval Latin communarius, from communa, communia ‘community’, based on Latin communis ‘common’.
例句: It was not acceptable for royalty to marry commoners in those days.
4. descendant noun
原句: The daughter of middle-class commners and descendant of working-class coal miners.
意思: a person's descendants are their children, their children's children, and all the people who live after them who are related to them
字源: late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘descending’): from French, present participle of descendre ‘to descend’, from Latin descendere, from de- ‘down’ + scandere ‘to climb’. The noun dates from the early 17th cent.
例句: Many of them are descendants of the original settlers.
5. rescue noun
原句: Just finished training as a helicopter rescue pilot in the Royal Air Force and is living near his base in Wales.
意思: the act of saving sb/sth from a dangerous or difficult situation; the fact of being saved
字源: Middle English: from Old French rescoure from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + excutere ‘shake out, discard’.
例句: A wealthy benefactor came to their rescue with a generous donation.
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