单词 | achievement |
释义 | achievement (once / 312 pages) n Achievement is another word for accomplishment. My greatest achievement to date is the time I won the annual hay-stacking contest at the county fair. That was twenty darn years ago, but I still look back fondly on that moment and the trophy I got to take home. A noun used to describe something finished successfully or the act of accomplishing, achievement comes from the similarly spelled Middle French achievement “a finishing.” For some people, just being able to make it to work every day on time could be considered an achievement, but the word is usually applied to feats of more heroic proportions. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart.” WORD FAMILYachievement: achievements, nonachievement+/achievable: achievability, unachievable/achieve: achievable, achieved, achievement, achiever, achieves, achieving, overachieve, underachieve/achiever: achievers, nonachiever/nonachiever: nonachievers/overachieve: overachieved, overachievement, overachiever, overachieves, overachieving/overachiever: overachievers/unachievable: unachievably/underachieve: underachievement, underachiever, underachieves, underachieving/underachiever: underachievers USAGE EXAMPLESHe said it’s also grown the achievement gap for those students who struggle in class. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Second Avenue line – technically a four-stop extension of the Q – is a substantial achievement for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Lamar Jackson’s achievement as Louisville’s first Heisman Trophy winner raised expectations for him to lead the Cardinals into national championship contention. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) n the action of accomplishing something Syn|Hypo|Hyper accomplishment beachhead, foothold an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments cakewalkan easy accomplishment effort, exploit, feata notable achievement masterpiecean outstanding achievement masterstrokean achievement demonstrating great skill or mastery creditused in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise performanceany recognized accomplishment record, track recordthe sum of recognized accomplishments accomplished fact, fait accomplian irreversible accomplishment going, sleddingadvancing toward a goal arrival, reachingaccomplishment of an objective close call, close shave, narrow escape, squeak, squeakersomething achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin attainmentthe act of achieving an aim freeing, liberation, releasethe act of liberating someone or something base on balls, pass, walk(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls haymakingtaking full advantage of an opportunity while it lasts face saver, face savingan act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige) enlisting, recruitmentthe act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.) smooththe act of smoothing derring-dobrave and heroic feats hit(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball) rally, rallyingthe feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort stunta difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention tour de forcea masterly or brilliant feat overachievementbetter than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) underachievementpoorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests) attainmentarrival at a new stage advent, comingarrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) recordan extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport) successan attainment that is successful course credit, creditrecognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours jail deliverythe use of force to liberate prisoners accession, rise to powerthe act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne) deregulating, deregulationthe act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) reliefthe act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged disentanglement, extrication, unsnarling, untanglingthe act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition emancipationfreeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child clearingthe act of freeing from suspicion manumissionthe formal act of freeing from slavery parole(law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with probation(law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court action something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
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