But people are often reproached for unpunctuality when their only fault is cutting things fine.
但有些人不准时常常因为掐钟点所致，
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 60 Too early and too late
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 缺点，缺陷;过错，责任;[电]故障;（猎狗的）失去嗅迹;
vt. 挑剔，找…的缺点;批评;做错，在…中出错;[地质学]产生断层;
vi. 找错误，挑剔;[地质学]变动从而产生断层;
💡 fault=fal错 → 过失，缺点
"A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon."
不能宽恕故意犯下的错误.
近义：rift, shift, break, fracture, faulting, recuse
反义：indulgence, pardon, purge, remit, resolve, spare
adj. 好的，上等的;纤细的，精致的;健康的;晴朗的;
n. 罚款;[音乐]终止;晴天;地租;
vt. 罚款;澄清;
adv. 很好地;巧妙地;
💡 fin =end,boundary,表示”结束,范围”#词根助记：拉丁语 finis 边界 -> 顶点 -> fin 法语 最好的 -> 好的
"That's a fine horse, I couldn't get a better in a hurry."
这是一匹骏马, 我一时难以找到比它更好的.
近义：subtle, elaborate, perfect, purify, refine, assess
反义：abrasive, asperous, rasping, raspy, rough, rugose
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
cutting
[['kʌtiŋ]]
n. 切断, 切下, 路堑\\n[化] 切屑
近义：snippet, clipping, snip, trimming, clip, trim
反义：innocuous, offenceless, safe, unoffending, benign, harmless