What can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stagecoaches?
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adj. 荒谬的;荒唐的;无理性的，杂乱无章的;荒诞主义的，荒诞的;
n. 无价值，无意义;
💡 surd-, -surd 表”愚蠢的,荒唐的”##a, ab, abs 前缀;表示来自,离开
"That uniform makes the guards look absurd."
警卫们穿着那种制服看起来怪模怪样的。
近义：illogical, inane, irrational, laughable, lost, ludicrous
反义：irrefragable, axiomatic
adv. 两次;两倍;两遍;
💡 twi二，两+ce副词后缀，…次 →二次
"The ball bounced twice before he could reach it."
球弹了两次他才接到。
近义：doubly, double
n. 前景;期望;眺望处;景象;
vi. 勘探;勘察;（矿等）有希望;有前途;
vt. 找矿;对…进行仔细调查;
💡 向前(pro)看(spect)： 前景- 前途
"This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect."
事态呈现出可喜的前景.
近义：canvass, reconnoiter, scout, survey, explore, outlook
travelling
[['trævəliŋ]]
a. 旅行的, 旅行用的, 移动的
近义：traveling, dollying, itinerant, migratory, peripatetic, roving
反义：seated, sitting
adj. 快的;走得快;感光快的;紧的;
adv. （比准确的时间或宣布的时间）快;迅速地;紧紧地;彻底地;
vi. 禁食，（尤指）斋戒;
n. 禁食期，斋戒期;断食，节食;
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"There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers."
私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
近义：abstinence, privation, fasting, quick, rapid, smart
反义：lunch, picnic, snack, dine, feed, lagging
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"Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build, too."
— Henrik Ibsen