The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency.
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n. 习惯，习性;气质;宗教服装;
vt. 给…穿衣服;打扮;
💡 habit表示居住 → 久居 → 习惯；习性
"He was not in the habit of ogling women."
他没有盯着女人看个没完的习惯。
近义：practice, prevalence, routine, tradition, usage, usance
反义：oblivion, obsolescence, obsoleteness, desuetude
adj. 连续的;延伸的;绵;联绵;
💡 con全部+tinu握住+ous多...的 →连续不断的
"She was in continuous employment until the age of sixty-five."
她连续不断地受雇于人，一直工作到六十五岁。
近义：indiscrete, incessant, assiduous, steady, successive, sustained
反义：intercadent, intermittent, uncontinuous, broken, faltering
n. 症状;征兆;
💡 pto 表”下垂”;尸体
"Was the noise a cause of the illness, or were the complaints about noise merely a symptom?"
噪音是病因呢, 还是对噪音的抱怨仅仅是一种症状 呢 ?
近义：syndrome, indication, indicator, signal, spar, clue
n. 缺乏，不足;缺点，缺陷;不足额;
💡 de不+fic做+iency表名词→做得不够→ 缺陷
"During the war children suffered from a deficiency of food."
战争期间孩子们遭受缺乏食物之苦.
近义：inadequacy, inefficiency, insufficiency, absence, lack, scarceness
反义：lavishness, lot, luxuriance, luxuriancy, overabundance, plentifulness
adj. 内心的，精神的，思想的，心理的;智慧的，智[脑]力的;〈口〉精神病的，意志薄弱的，愚笨的;
n. 精神病患者;
💡 ment思考，神智+al表形容词 → 智力的；精神的
"Mental and physical deterioration both occur naturally with age."
随着年龄的增长,心智和体力自然衰退.
adj. 普通的;通俗的;[数学]公共的;共有的;
n. [法律]（对土地、水域的）共有权;公共用地;普通;平民;
💡 共同(com)在月光(mon-moon)下， 共有的
"We have lots of things in common besides music."
除了音乐，我们还有很多共通点。
近义：popular, mundane, ordinary, average, plain, commonplace
反义：irreplaceable, matchless, outstanding, peculiar, single, sole