Manifest plainness,Embrace simplicity,Reduce selfishness,Have few desires.
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vt. 显示,表明;证明;使显现;
adj. 明白的,明显的;
n. 货单,旅客名单;
💡 mani手+fest打击→用手打出→不隐藏→明显的v表明;证实
"It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries."
他们使国家进行工业现代化,明显失败了.
近义:reveal, say, show, state, vent, clarify
反义:mask, obscure, occult, screen, secrete, shade
n. 简单,朴素;质朴,天真;卑贱;无知;
💡 simpl=simple简单的+icity名词后缀,表性质、情况、状态→简单,简明
"the characterization of physics as the study of simplicity"
把物理学界定为一门探求简单规律的学问
近义:homeliness, ingenuousness, innocence, artlessness, naivete, naivety
反义:intricacy, mess, sophistication, complicacy, complication, gnarliness
vt. 减少;缩小;使还原;使变弱;
vi. 减少;节食;蒸发;(液体)浓缩变稠;
💡 re回+duce引导,带来→往回引→降低,减少
"The company has strenuously defended its decision to reduce the workforce."
公司竭力为其裁员的决定辩护.
近义:lessen, lower, muffle, attenuate, restrain, slacken
反义:heighten, hike, hypo, increment, intensify, magnify
vt.& vi. 拥抱;
vt. 包括;包含;接受;信奉;
n. 拥抱,怀抱;
💡 em进入…之中,包围+brace胳膊→进入怀抱 → 拥抱
"He held her to him in a warm embrace."
他热列地拥抱她.
近义:hold, hug, clasp, cuddle, embosom, honor
反义:quit, reject, relinquish, resign, waive, abandon
n. 自私;自我中心;利己主义;任性;
"Love is the antithesis of selfishness."
爱是自私的对立面。
近义:self, selfhood, egoism, egotism
反义:humanitarianism, largeheartedness, largess, largesse, liberality, munificence
n. 平坦, 明白, 正直\\n[化] 平坦度
近义:homeliness, simplicity, straightforwardness, unambiguousness, frankness, naturalness