Public display of mourning is no longer made by people of fashion, although some flashier kinds of widows may insist on sleeping with only black men during the first year after the death.
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adj. 公众的，公共的;公开的;政府的;人人知道的，知名的;
n. 大众;社会;公共场所;（文学家等的）爱读者;
💡 publ人民+ic...的 → 公开的，公众的
"The public are requested not to throw waste paper in the park."
公众被要求不得在公园里乱扔废纸.
近义：assistance, attendance, audience, turnout, concurrence, concurrency
反义：participator, plaintiff, sharer, actor, inside, noteworthy
n. 展览，陈列;陈列品，展览品;显示器;炫耀;
vt. 显示;陈列;展开，伸展;夸示，炫耀;
vi. （计算机屏幕上）显示;
💡 pli, ply, plex = fold ,表示”重叠,折叠”#词根助记：dis分开+ploy=将重叠的东西展开=展示
"The exhibition gives local artists an opportunity to display their work."
这次展览为当地艺术家提供了展示自己作品的机会。
近义：show, showing, exhibit, exhibition, exposition, present
反义：mask, obscure, occult, screen, secrete, shade
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
vt.& vi. 坚持;强调;坚决要求;坚决认为;
💡 in加强+sist站立→一直站→坚持；硬要
"Our buyers insist on high standards of workmanship and materials."
我们的买主对工艺和材料坚持要高标准。
近义：persevere, persist, continue
反义：quit, stop, cease, abandon, end, abdicate
n. 死亡;（某种）死法，死亡方式;病危;死神;
💡 dead(死)+th(表示抽象名词的后缀)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁决
近义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
反义：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
n. 悲痛，哀悼;戴孝;服丧期;
"He was in deep mourning for his dead wife."
他深切悼念亡妻.
近义：lament, lamentation, moan, wail, bereavement, cry
反义：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness