Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot actually masturbate.
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n. 活动;活跃，敏捷;活动力;教育活动;
💡 act行动，做+ivity状态→活动
"The streets were noisy and full of activity."
街上熙熙攘攘，车水马龙。
近义：motion, action, job, occupation, profession
反义：idleness, inaction, inertia, laziness, leisure, otioseness
vt. 吸引住;聘用;与…交战;
vi. 与…建立密切关系;衔接;从事;紧密结合;
💡 en做+gage=pledge承诺 →做出承诺 → 订婚
"Can you engage that all his statements are trustworthy?"
你能担保他的话都可靠 吗 ?
近义：hire, occupy, recruit, retain, contract, employ
反义：sack, terminate, boot, discharge, cashier, cease
conj. 因为;
💡 cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,诉讼
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所属政党的关系而被捕。
近义：since, whereas, for, forasmuchas
adv. 实际上;事实上;确实;竟;
💡 actual(真实的)+ly(副词后缀)→真实地；实际地
"What did she actually say?"
她到底是怎么说的？
近义：inclusively, just, authentically, properly, quite, real
adv. 高度地;极，非常;非常赞许地;
"It is highly regrettable that the minister cannot be here in person."
很遗憾,部长不能亲自出席.
近义：loftily, most, vitally, jolly, damned, elevatedly
反义：incompletely, approximately, insufficiently, miserably, nearly, poorly
n. 自己;本人;本性;私利;
adj. 同一的;纯净的;单一的;
vt. 使自花授精;使近亲繁殖;
vi. 自花授精;
"His style of dressing bespoke great self-confidence."
他的衣着风格显得十分自信。
近义：ego, individuality, selfhood, distinctiveness, selfishness, egoism