When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

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people ['pipl] 词频1 词根: 公众
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
please [pliz] 词频1
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
usually ['juʒuəli] 词频1 词根: 使用
adv. 通常,经常,平常,惯常地;一直,向来;动不动,一般;素;
💡 usual通常的+ly副词后缀→通常地,惯常地
"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:invariably, mostly, normally, oft, often, oftentimes 反义:infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
imitate ['ɪmɪtet] 词频3
vt. 模仿,效仿;仿造,伪造;
💡 imit想象,相象+ate做→做得相象→模仿
"Some parrots can imitate sounds and repeat words and sentences."
有些鹦鹉能模仿(人的)声音,还能学人说一些单词和句子.
近义:ape, mimic, parody, travesty, burlesque, copy
free [fri] 词频1
adj. 自由的;免费的;免税的;空闲的; adv. 免费地;自由地,无拘束地;一帆风顺地; vt. 免除;释放;使自由;解救;
"I have given him a free hand in the matter."
我让他在这件事情上放手干.
近义:liberate, loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise 反义:immure, apprehend, incarcerate, jail, arrest, mew

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