If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no-one dares criticize it.
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n. （电子）计算机，电脑;
💡 com一起+put认为，思考+er表名词，物 → 帮助一起思考的机器 → 计算机
"The memory expansion cards are useful adjuncts to the computer."
内存扩充卡是计算机很有用的附件。
近义：software, computational, computing
adj. 昂贵的，花钱多的;豪华的;
💡 ex出+pens花费+ive形容词后缀→要花钱的→昂贵的
"The two liars asked for more expensive silk."
两个骗子索要了很多昂贵的丝绸。
近义：pricey, costly, dear
反义：inexpensive, knockdown, downscale, downmarket, cheaply
n. 机器，机械;机械般的人;核心;
vt. 用机器制造，用机器加工;
vi. 被机器切削;
💡 mach机器+ine表名词 → 机器
"I called several times, but only got the answering machine."
我打了几次电话，但只有电话答录机答话。
近义：system, setup, engine, machinery, hardware, lathe
vt.& vi. 分析，评估;批评;挑剔;
💡 cris-, crit-, cri- judge,discern,表示”判断,分辨”
"You were quite right to criticize him."
你批评他批评得很对。
近义：attack, recuse, reproach, batter, hammer, censure
反义：apotheosize, honor, hurrah, applaud, laud, magnify
n. 愚蠢的举动, 无聊的小玩意
近义：hogwash, hooey, horseshit, humbug, muddleheadedness, nonsense
somehow
['sʌmhaʊ]
adv. 以某种方式，用某种方法;<非正>不知怎么地，不知道怎样，不晓得什么缘故;设法，想办法，想个方法;莫明其妙地;
💡 some+how: 不知怎么搞的
"Somehow we kept the boat afloat."
我们想办法使船没有下沉。
近义：kinda, someway, someways, somewhat