Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.
— W. S. Gilbert  ·  No category

📚 名句词汇解析

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merely ['mɪrli] 词频1
adv. 仅仅，只不过;只是;纯粹;全然;
💡 mere仅仅 + ly...的 → ad.仅仅，只不过
"Do you really want to go or are you merely being amiable?"
你是真的想去呢,还是仅仅为了表示友好?
近义：just, only, purely, simply, solely, but
detail ['ditel] 词频1 词根: tail
n. 详述;（照片、绘画等的）细部;细目，琐碎;各种细节; vt. 详述，仔细汇报;选派;清晰地说明;给于细部装饰;
💡 de加强+tail剪，割→不断剪下去→琐事
"It is arguable that giving too much detail may actually be confusing."
过分详细反而使人糊涂的说法是有道理的。
近义：itemize, specify, item, particular, technicality, circumstance 反义：abridge, abstract, shorten, synthesise, synthesize, telescope
artistic [ɑr'tɪstɪk] 词频3 词根: art
adj. 艺术的;有美感的;风雅的;（尤指）有美术才能的;
💡 art艺术+istic表形容词 →艺术的
"the artistic works of the period"
该时期的艺术品
近义：artistical, tasteful, beautiful, aesthetic, elegant, esthetic 反义：shoddy, tacky, tasteless, tawdry, trashy, vulgar
otherwise ['ʌðɚwaɪz] 词频2 词根: other
adv. 否则;另外;别的方式; adj. 别的，另外的;不同的; conj. 否则，不然;
💡 other另外的+wise方向，状态 →要不然
"If he had done otherwise, I should have thought him a rascal."
如果他不这样做, 我就认为他是个恶棍.
近义：other, unequal, unlike, different, dissimilar, diverse 反义：indeed, really, strictly, truly, actually
narrative ['nærətɪv] 词频3 词根: narra
n. 记叙文;故事;叙述，记事;叙述手法; adj. 叙述的，叙事体的;善于叙述的;
💡 narrat讲述 + ive [名词后缀],构成抽象名词 → n. 叙述文,故事;叙述,讲述
"a gripping narrative of their journey up the Amazon"
他们沿亚马孙河而上的扣人心弦的描述
近义：storytelling, recital, recitation, recountal, story, tale
corroborative [[kə'rɔbərətiv]]
a. 确证的\\n[法] 确证的, 确定的
近义：positive, substantiating, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborating

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"When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody."
"Things are seldom what they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream."
"My object all sublime I shall achieve in time..."
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