pelf

英 [pelf]      美 [pɛlf]
  • n. 钱财;不义之财,赃物
pelf
«
1 / 5
»
记忆单词“pelf”可以采用视觉联想法。想象一个“p”字母像一个小球,在跳跃(leaping)中突然失去了“弹力”(失去“f”),于是它变成了无力的“pelf”。这样的联想可以帮助你记住“pelf”这个词,因为它是由一个跳动的动作(leap)和一个失去弹力的概念组合而成。

以上内容由AI生成, 仅供参考和借鉴

pelf (n.)
mid-14c., "stolen goods," from Anglo-French pelf, Old French pelfre "booty, spoils" (11c.), of unknown origin; also see pilfer. Meaning "money, riches," with a pejorative overtone first recorded c. 1500.
1. Let him disenslave himself from the pelf of the world.
让他从金钱束缚下解放自己.
2. Other households had found her too talkative and too opinionated, forever giving pelf mysterious airs.
在别处,有人嫌她太张道, 主意多,时常有些神眉鬼道儿的.
3. This escapist pelf has very little to say about the real world, much less American society.
这些虚幻的大制作及少触及真实世界, 更别提美国社会了.