Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.
— Mark Twain  ·  No category

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natural ['nætʃrəl] 词频1 词根: nat
adj. 自然的;物质的;天生的;不做作的; n. 自然的事情;（生来的）白痴;[乐]（风琴等的）白键;
💡 natur=nature自然+al...的 →自然（界）的
"She showed a natural aptitude for the work."
她表现出了做这工作的天赋。
近义：inherent, lifelike, unaffected, native, raw, unprocessed 反义：hypothetical, illusional, illusionary, illusive, illusory, imaginative
expression [ɪk'sprɛʃən] 词频1 词根: press
n. 表现，表示，表达;表情，脸色，态度，腔调，声调;[数]式，符号;词句，语句，措辞，说法;
💡 ex出来+press挤压+ion名词后缀 →表达；表情
"He listened to her story with a stony expression."
他带着冷漠的表情听她讲经历.
近义：idiom, aphorism, articulation, locution, maxim, phrase 反义：still, stillness, quietness
barring [['bɑ:riŋ]]
prep. 不包括, 除非
近义：stopping, checking, damming, deterring, save, saving 反义：prompt, quick, agile, dynamic
villainy ['viləni]
n. <正>邪恶行为，恶行，罪恶;
"The impression of villainy was inescapable."
留下恶棍的印象是不可避免的。
近义：treachery
honest ['ɔnist] 词频1
adj. 诚实的;坦诚的;老实的;辛勤挣得的;
"I hate to disillusion you, but not everyone is as honest as you."
我实在不愿把实情告诉你，但并非人人都像你那样诚实。
近义：honorable, honourable, irreproachable, just, principled, pure 反义：licentious, astray, miscreant, nefarious, perverse, perverted
enough [ɪ'nʌf] 词频1
adv. 足够地，充足地;十分地; adj. 充足的;足够的; n. 充分，足够;满足; int. 够了;
"How were they going to raise enough money for it?"
他们怎样来为此筹集足够的资金 呢 ?
近义：sufficient, sufficing, rather, sufficiently, considerably, amply 反义：inadequate, lacking, scanty, scarce, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying

📜 Mark Twain 的更多名言

"In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards."
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
"In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language."
"Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand."
"The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year."
"I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want."
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— Clarence Darrow
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— Unknown
"I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another."
— Ellen Goodman
"Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of truth."
— Johann Georg von Zimmermann
"Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it but as I drink, I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is."
— Henry David Thoreau
"The question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk? But, can they suffer?"
— Jeremy Bentham
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