Two new Vocabulary words of the day!!
1/8/22
Antagonistic ~ Insulted
1. Antagonistic ~ adj. showing or feeling active opposition or hostility toward someone or something. i.e. "an antagonistic group of bystanders" If you're antagonistic, you're hard to get along with. Harmony is not your friend — you prefer hostility and struggle. If you're antagonistic to your little brother, you're always picking on him and giving him a hard time — causing him agony — a word that's buried in antagonistic.
2. Insulted ~ v. past tense: insulted; past participle: insulted. speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse. i.e. &39;re insulting the woman I love" If you insult someone, you have offended that person — either intentionally or unintentionally — through your actions or words. You might insult your host if you refuse to try the dessert he made from pasta, nuts, and chocolate sauce. As a noun, an insult means rude words or actions. If you tell the umpire he needs glasses, then you've made a verbal insult.
1... (a) My step-brother has always been very antagonistic towards me, never sharing his things or spending any time with me if he can help it. (b) If you are often rude and mean to someone, you can expect them to be equally antagonistic when they interact with you. (c) If you are not a morning person, you’re much more likely to be antagonistic towards other people that seem to have too much energy that early.
2... (a) He insulted her, telling her she was fat, and made her cry. (b) The salary they offered me for the job was so low that it was insulting. (c) I spoke to the manager, I didn't mean to be insulting, but the food at the restaurant was horrible!
【英语小知识:关于“Dog”的谚语】
(1) He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪,何患无词。
(2) A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪,何患无词。
(3) Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。
(4) Too much pudding will choke a dog. 布丁太多噎死狗。
(5) Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意时。
(6) Barking dogs don’t (seldom) bite. 爱叫的狗很少咬人。
(7) Let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹事生非。
(8) Dead dogs bite not. 死狗不咬人。
(9) All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 狗见了叫的不一定都是贼。(不要以貌取人。)
(10) Every dog is a lion at home. 狗在家门口就成了狮子。
(11) Don’t be a dog (lying) in the manger. 莫学狗占马槽不吃草。(不要占着茅坑不拉屎。)
(12) Dog does not eat dog. 同类不相残。
(13) Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 狗再傲慢也会吃脏布丁。
(14) A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner’s home however shabby it is。儿不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家贫。
溺爱的孩子容易骄傲自大,所以管教的杖要不离左右;要教孩子走该走的路,就算他老了也不会偏离正道;富豪管辖穷人, 欠债的是债主的奴隶;谁撒播不义,就会收割恶果;他的狂怒之杖,最终会被毁掉;慷慨的人将会得到福分,因为他跟穷人分享食物;赶走爱嘲讽的人,纷争就平息,争论和辱骂也会停止~
Doted children tend to be arrogant and arrogant, so the rod of discipline must not be left or right;Train a boy in the way he should go; Even when he grows old he will not depart from it. The rich one rules the poor, And the borrower is a slave to the lender. Whoever sows unrighteousness will reap disaster, And the rod of his fury e to its end. The generous person will be blessed, For he shares his food with the poor. Drive away the scornful man, And contention will disappear; Disputes and insults will cease~