单词 | modicum |
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音标 | ['mɔdikəm] |
解释 | n.少量 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 少量(a moderate or small amount) 【考】 反义词:large amount(大量) 【例】 If he had a modicum of sense, he wouldn't have done such a foolish thing. |
字源 | modicum (n.) "small quantity or portion," late 15c., Scottish, from Latin modicum "a little," noun use of neuter of modicus "moderate, having a proper measure; ordinary, scanty, small, few," from modus "measure, manner" (see mode (n.1)). |
不择手段背单词 | n. 少量 【记】mod = modest适度的, icum量: 适度的量-少量. 【反】large amount(大量) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】moderate 减少,适中 + cumulate 累积(表示量) |
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