The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
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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
adj. 宽容的;容忍的,忍受的;(植物、动物或机器)能在困难条件下生存(或操作)的;能耐…的;
💡 toler容忍+ant形容词后缀 → 心胸宽大的
"Rye is tolerant of poor, acid soils."
黑麦耐贫瘠的酸性土壤。
近义:indulgent, lenient, liberal, mild, pliant, sensitive
反义:bigot, bigoted
vt. 把…除外;不计;
prep. 除…外;
conj. [口语]要不是;除非;除…以外;
vi. 反对,表示异议(与 to 或 against连用);
💡 ex出+cept拿,抓,握住→拿出 → 除外
"I received nothing except what was due to me."
除了我应得的东西,我并未接受任何东西.
近义:omit, preclude, void, blackball, exclude, barring
反义:realize, accommodate, consider
n. 天才;天赋;天才人物;(特别的)才能;
💡 geni出生,产生+us用→生出[就有]→天才
"the genius of Shakespeare"
莎士比亚的天才
近义:sage, savant, intellect, intelligence, invention, knack
反义:idiocy, imbecility, inanity, asininity, ludicrousness, nonsense
adv. 惊人地;极好地;精彩地
近义:appallingly, laudably, marvellously, marvelously, astonishingly, astoundingly