1. use up
2. I consumed hours in reading.
3. synonym: spend, use (up),
antonym: save
4.Ex1: The missionary is so consumed with passion that he travels to the remote areas to advocate the love from God. → feeling full of passion
Ex2: Parents should be fair to their children, or the one who gets less attention may be consumed with jealousy.
→ children will be possessed with jealousy
invest
1 investor = an individual who commits money to investment products with the expectation of financial return.
2 The government invested millions of dollars in the new communication system.
3 synonym: devote, supply, entrust
antonym: divest
4 Ex1: The chairperson invested the CEO with all the powers to remake the corporate culture.
→make CEO have all the power
Ex2: A family partnership invests the heir of the current chairperson the power to take over the company after the current chairperson steps down.
→installed the heir as the next chairperson
reinforce
1 to strengthen
2 synonym: boost, multiply, strengthen, increase
antonym: weaken, subtract
3 reinforcement
4 They reinforced the barriers with logs.
Hello cutie pie.
返信削除Your explanation of conaume and invest (exampl) is clear to understand. it was hard to explain the defference between ex.1 and ex.2 for me!! I'm still confused.
I hope you help me to understand more on Monday.
thanx, sayuri
hey:))) It was hard for me too! As i wrote on saori's, it was very confusing so hope we can discuss this tomorrow..!
返信削除Hi Minami,
返信削除your blog is well organized. Good job. Let's talk about your question tomorrow.