Battens
n. 板条( batten的名词复数 ); 压条\\nv. 用板条或压条固定( batten的第三人称单数 ); （损人利己地）养肥自己
🗣️ 情景例句
What about her new friends?
那她的新朋友呢？
Business makes a man as well as tries him.
事业既考验人，也造就人。
So he couldn't buy himself lots of good things. But he had lots of friends instead.
所以他不能给自己买很多好东西。可是他却有许多朋友。