He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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adj. 明智的;合乎情理的;通情达理的;意识到的,能感觉到的;
n. 可感觉到的东西;敏感的人;
💡 sens感觉+ible能...的 →能感觉的;明智的
"She's a sensible sort of person."
她属于那种通情达理的人。
近义:healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, logical, moderate, poised
反义:illogical, implausible, inane, irrational, lost, meaningless
vt. 发明,创造;虚构;
💡 in(upon)+vent(come)→发明;虚构
"We have to invent a new method for sneaking prisoners out without being noticed by the guards."
我们必须想出新的办法使囚犯们偷偷溜出去而不被看守发现.
近义:improvise, make, noodle, vamp, coin, adlib
反义:recopy, reduplicate, replicate, reproduce, trace, transcribe
vt. 保持;保养;坚持;固执己见;
💡 main手+tain拿→用手拿住→维持
"The idea is to maintain the regularity of the heartbeat."
问题就是要维持心跳的规律性.
近义:hold, husband, keep, prop, save, steady
n. 二十,二十个;二十多岁;二十年代;许多,大量;
num. 二十;
adj. 二十的;
💡 twen=two二+ty十 → 二十
"The farmer picked twenty pears."
农民摘掉了二十个梨子。
adj. 伟大的,杰出的;优异的,显著的;很多的;重大的;
adv. [口语]很好地;令人满意地,成功地,顺利地;得意地;
n. 大人物们;伟大人物;重要人物,大师;名家;
💡 联想:“贵的”就是伟大的 网友:12 补充:gr 工人 eat吃 解决工人吃饭问题,不就是伟大的问题。great 伟大
"According to Mick, it's a great movie."
据米克说,这是一部了不起的电影。
近义:super, awesome, cool, fine, large, big
反义:minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
n. 工作,任务;作业;苦差事;
vt. 交给某人(任务);使过于劳累;
💡 十个(t)被要求(ask)完成的 任务{Mission Impossible不可能完成的任务}
"They had an awesome task ahead."
他们就要有十分艰巨的任务。
近义:housework, job, assignment, mission, occupation, office
反义:idleness, inactivity, recreation, solace, unemployment