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Modicum N Amount(大量 Mɔdikəm N.少量 英 少量(A Moderate

单词 modicum
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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