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proximity   [prɑkˋsɪmətɪ]     noun[U]

原句:My own house was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore, and it had been overlooked, so I had a view of the water, a partial view of my neighbor’s lawn, and the consoling proximity of millionaires — all for eighty dollars a month.

1. how near something is to another thing, especially in distance or time+ to

Ex. the town's proximity to the mountains

片語: in close proximity: All of my family live in close proximity.

savor  [ˋsevɚ]   noun

原句:one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterward savors of anti-climax.

1.a flavour or smell, especially a pleasnat one

2. enjoyment and excitement

reproach  [rɪˋprotʃ]  noun

原句:His family were enormously wealthy — even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach — but now he’d left Chicago and come East in a fashion that rather took your breath away.

1.an expression of criticism and disappointment because of something bad that someone has done

Ex. In a voice full of reproach, she told him that he had let down the whole class.

2. something that makes you feel ashamed or embarrassed  +to

Ex.The appalling poverty of this remote region is a reproach to the well-fed politicians in the capital.

片語: above/ beyond reproach: impossible to criticize because of being so good

Ex. Their handling of the affair has been absolutely beyond reproach.

wistful   [ˋwɪstfəl]  adjective

原句:I had no sight into Daisy’s heart, but I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking, a little wistfully, for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game.

1.slightly sad because you want to have or to do something

Ex. a wistful expression /smile

2. used when you are thinking about something something that made you happy in the past

Ex. Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days.

詞類變化:  wistfully (adverb)   wistfulness (noun[U])

irrecoverable   [͵ɪrɪˋkʌvərəb!]   adjective

原句:I had no sight into Daisy’s heart, but I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking, a little wistfully, for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game.

1.gone or lost and impossible to get back

Ex. There is a risk that the costs may be irrecoverable.