Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
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n. 批评,批判;鉴定,审定,考证,校勘;苛求,[哲]批判主义;评论,评论文章;
💡 critic批评,辨明,分开+ism表名词 → 批评
"The plan has attracted criticism from consumer groups."
这项计划引起了各消费者组织的指责。
近义:brickbat, animadversion, review, reviewal, critique, stricture
反义:applause, kudos, laud, ovation, praising, salvo
n. 成见,偏见,歧视;侵害;伤害;
vt. 使有偏见;不利于,损害;
💡 pre预先+judice判断→预先判断→偏见
"He continued to smoke, to the prejudice of his health."
他继续吸烟, 这不利于他的健康.
近义:jaundice, predispose, prepossess, sway, bias, colour
反义:neutrality, objectivity, unbiassedness, equanimity, equitableness, evenhandedness
adj. 貌似真实的;貌似有理的;花言巧语的;有眉有眼;
💡 plaus鼓掌+ible能...的→能鼓掌通过的→可行的
"Her story sounded perfectly plausible."
她的说辞听起来言之有理。
近义:likely, attainable, possible, verisimilar, believable, colourable
反义:impenetrable, impossible, inaccessible, remote, unachievable, unapproachable
adj. …制的;(人工)做成的,拼成的;虚构的;保证成功的;
v. 使(make的过去式和过去分词);
"He made it absolutely clear."
他把此事讲得一清二楚。
近义:manufactured, produced, done, fabricated, artificial, manmade