The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
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n. 蠢笨;愚行;讽刺剧;
💡 fool(愚人)+y(表示抽象名词的后缀)→愚笨；愚行
"an act of sheer folly"
纯粹愚蠢的行动
近义：idiocy, muddleheadedness, nonsense, senselessness, stupidity, bullshit
反义：judgement, judgment, reasonableness, sageness, sanity, sensibleness
n. 发现，发觉;（剧情的）发展;被发现的事物;[法]显示证据;
💡 discover发现+y表名词 →掀开 → 发现
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常认为，蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
近义：invention, strike, disclosure, find, finding
n. 证明;校样;检验;（酒的）标准酒精度;
adj. 防…的;抗…的;能抵御;能防范;
vt. 给（织物）做防护处理，使防水（或防火等）;印…的校样;
vi. [印刷术] 校对;发酵;
💡 prob, prov Prob, prov= test, 表示”测试,证明, 检验”
"The photo was final proof of her husband's infidelity."
这张照片最终证明了她丈夫的不忠.
近义：rainproof, seal, waterproof, proofread, subedit, edit
n. <贬>冗词;赘语;用语;措词;
💡 verbi=verb词+age年龄→上了年纪的人喜欢唠叨→冗词，废话
"Slough off unimportant verbiage."
删除无关紧要的空话.
近义：palaver, babbling, rigmarole, verbosity, wordiness, blab
n. 首都;资本;资源;大写字母;
adj. 极好的;死刑的;资本的;首都的;
💡 capit头+al...的→头的→首要的；首都；资本
"We feared that an advance on the capital would soon follow."
我们担心接下来会马上向首都推进。
近义：magnificent, outstanding, premier, prime, prize, superb
反义：little, miniature, miniscule, minuscule, minute, pokey
n. 反论，悖论;似非而是的论点;自相矛盾的人或事;[物]佯谬;
💡 para在旁边+dox观点→观点旁边与之对立的观点→谬论，悖论，怪论
"He was a paradox—a loner who loved to chat to strangers."
他真是个矛盾人物，生性孤僻却又喜欢和陌生人闲聊。