# Day 845 学习笔记

Day 845 

--- Proverbs ---

※ 原句 ※

The dog offended, the sow suffered.

黑猫偷吃，白猫替灾。/恶人放了火，好人受了苦。/公狗犯贱，母猪遭殃。

（喻指明辨真正犯错者之难，极易造成不公平的冤案）

※ 反义谚语 ※

Give one the benefit of the doubt.

宁纵毋枉。

athwart prep. (literary or formal)

①across; from one side to the other

横跨于

They put a table athwart the doorway.

他们把桌子横放在门口。

②not agreeing with; opposite to

与……不一致；与……相反

His statement ran athwart what was previously said.

他讲的话与先前所说的相抵触。

atishoo / ahchoo exclamation

the word for the sound people make when they sneeze

阿嚏（指喷嚏声）

-ative suffix (in adjectives)

doing or tending to do sth

做……的；有……倾向的

illustrative / talkative

解说性的/爱说话的

-atively suffix (in adverbs)

creatively

有创造性地

Atlantic Daylight Time n. (ADT)

the time used in summer in an area that includes the east of Canada, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, that is three hours behind UTC

大西洋夏令时间（加拿大东部、波多黎各、美属维尔京群岛的冬季时间，比协调世界时晚四个小时）

Atlantis n.

(in stories) an island full of beauty and wealth, that was said to have been coverd by the sea and lost. There are many stories about peopl’s attempts to find it.

亚特兰蒂斯，大西岛（一座美丽富饶的海岛，据说已沉入海底消失）

atlas n.

a book of maps

地图册；地图集

a world atlas

世界地图册

a road atlas of Europe 

欧洲交通地图册