Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. (Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.)
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vt. 歪曲，扭曲;曲解;使变形;
vi. 扭曲;变形;
💡 dis不+tort扭转→扭坏了→曲解
"How dare he distort the facts so brazenly!"
他怎么敢如此肆无忌惮地歪曲事实!
近义：hide, misconstrue, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, tint
反义：mend, remedy, repair, right, correct, emend
int. 请;
vt.& vi. 使高兴;使满意;讨人喜欢;讨好;
💡 please(please)→取悦；使高兴；喜欢；愿意；请
"Please be quiet. I have to study the book for a test tomorrow."
请不要说话了, 明天要考试,我得看书.
近义：humor, oblige, pleasure, recompense, recreate, repay
反义：undeceive, disenthrall, disappoint, discontent, dishearten, dissatisfy
n. 统计，统计学，统计法，统计资料;统计数字;“statistic”的复数;
💡 statist站，立+ics名词后缀，学科→站着去计算数据的学科→统计学
"It's not easy to disentangle the truth from the official statistics."
从官方统计资料中理出真实情况并不容易。
近义：statistic
adj. 易弯的;柔韧的;柔顺的;能适应的;
💡 pli重叠，折叠+able能...的→易折叠的 → 易弯的；柔顺的
"Willow twigs are pliable."
柳条很软.
近义：malleable, plastic, pliant, tractable, yielding, collapsible
反义：rigid, stiff, tough, wiry
n. 第一，最初;头等;一号，;[乐]高音部;
adv. 最早，最初;首次;宁愿;优先;
adj. 第一流的;最初的，最早的;基本的，概要的;高音的;
num. 第一;
💡 泰森 第一拳(fist)打在稻草(r)人身上，训练
"Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper'On Narcissism '."
弗洛伊德在他的论文《论自恋》中首次提到了这个概念.
近义：initial, beginning, prime, foremost, initiative, preliminary
反义：hindermost, hindmost, latest, latter, rearmost, utmost
adj. 顽固的，固执的;顽强的或有决心的;坚持的;棘手的;
💡 死大笨（谐音）:该死的大笨蛋- 固执的 顽固的 stub(死大伯，谐音)+born(出生):死大伯生来就 固执的 网友：yqy 补充：在残余（stub）之年也固
"He's as stubborn as a mule ."
他像骡子一样倔。
近义：headstrong, insolent, insubordinate, intractable, intransigent, mulish
反义：assenting, pleasing, pliant, accommodating, tolerant, complaisant