For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.
— Eric Ambler  ·  No category

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remains [rɪ'menz]
n. 遗骨，遗体，残骸，残余，遗迹;废墟，遗址，遗迹，剩余（物），余额; v. 留下( remain 的第三人称单数);保持;留待;仍然是;
💡 re向后+mains留下 →剩余物
"Access to the documents remains restricted to civil servants."
这些文件仍仅限公务员使用.
近义：leavings, leftovers, litter, offal, riddlings, rubbish
skeptic ['skɛptɪk]
n. 怀疑者;怀疑论者;无神论者; adj. 怀疑性的;
"She is a skeptic about the dangers of global warming."
她是全球变暖危险的怀疑论者.
近义：misbeliever, nonbeliever, atheist, sceptic, unbeliever, cynic 反义：votary, worshiper, worshipper, devotee
consolation [[ˌkɔnsə'leiʃən]] 词频4
n. 安慰, 令人安慰的事物\\n[法] 安慰, 慰问
近义：appeasement, mollification, pacification, pacifying, placation, propitiation 反义：heartsickness, lassitude, malism, melancholy, mournfulness, prostration
thing [θiŋ] 词频1
n. 事件，形势;东西，事物;家伙;事业;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。
近义：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
inefficiency [[ini'fiʃənsi]]
n. 无效率, 无能\\n[化] 效率低; 效率差
近义：inability, inadequacy, incompetence, incompetency, insufficiency, lack 反义：output, outturn, performance, production, return, throughput
superhuman
a. 超人的, 人类能力所不能及的

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