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If?you?wish?to?succeed,you?should?use?persistence?as?your?good?friend,experience?as?your?reference,prudence?as?your?brother?and?hope?as?your?sentry.——Emerson
如果你希望成功，就應以恒心為良友，以經(jīng)驗為參謀，以謹慎為兄弟，以希望為哨兵。?——愛默生

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一、關于brother，你應該知道的用法有

interj.

我的老兄

n.

1.兄弟 [C]

Must your brother tag along with us everywhere we go?

你兄弟干嗎總緊跟著我們？

2.教友 [C]

The voice of the surf heard now and then was a positive pleasure, like the speech of a brother.

偶爾聽到一陣浪濤聲，就象聽到教友演說，心里感到由衷的高興。

3.同事；戰(zhàn)友；同志；同胞

He told reporters he'd come to be with his Latvian brothers.

他告訴記者他是來支持拉脫維亞同胞的。

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二、你知道brother和哪些詞更搭嗎？

soul brother

n.<美>黑人男子

half brother

同父異母兄弟,同母異父兄弟

little brother

弟弟；副氣旋

big brother

n "老大哥"(英國小說<<1984>>中的獨裁者)


三，學會brother的用法了嗎？來做個測試吧！

You?mustn't?run?to?your?elder ____ with?every?problem.
你千萬不要一遇到難題就向哥哥求助。