What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.
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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
adv. 简单地,朴素地;(引出概括或解释)不过,仅仅;简直;<非正>实在;
💡 sim一次 + ply 折叠 →折一次 → ad.简单地;朴素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
这架时钟纯属摆设,它再也不走了。
近义:just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反义:elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
n. 方法;条理;
💡 meth(meta-=after)+od(way)→方法;体系;秩序(=a way after,a following after)
"a reliable method of birth control"
可靠的节育措施
近义:approach, logic, logicality, manner, means, mode
vt.& vi. 乘;(使)相乘;(使)增加;(使)繁殖;
adv. 多样地;复合地;多倍地;[电学]并联地,多路地;
adj. 多层的;多样的;多股的;
💡 multi很多+ply重叠→变多→乘,繁殖
"When animals have more food, they generally multiply faster."
动物在有较多的食物时, 一般繁殖得较快.
近义:increase, intensify, redouble, double
反义:lessen, lower, muffle, attenuate, restrain, slacken
v. 呼唤,喊叫;召唤,叫来,召集;下令,命令;打电话给;
n. 喊叫,大声喊;电话联络;必要,理由;要求;
💡 c(形像电话筒)a11音“拷”,电话筒和手铐都有一个圆
"Don't give me any aggro or I'll call the police."
不要对我使用暴力,不然我就叫警察。
近义:phone, telephone, muster, page, summon, convene
反义:scare, shoo, ward, forfend, forefend, disband
n. 不诚实, 无诚意, 伪善\\n[经] 不诚实
近义:hypocrisy, imposture, glibness, disingenuousness, doublespeak, duplicity
反义:honesty, openheartedness, openness, singleness, straightforwardness, veracity