I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
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adj. 看不见的;不易为视线所见的,隐匿的;无形的(指银行、旅游等服务);不引人注目的;
n. 看不见的人;
💡 in不+vis看+ible形容词后缀→看不见的,无形的
"stars invisible to the naked eye"
肉眼看不见的星球
近义:imperceptible, undiscernible, unnoticeable, unperceivable
反义:apparent, manifest, noted, noteworthy, notorious, obvious
n. 电影;电影院;电影业;
💡 mov移动+ie表名词,小东西或人 →电影
"According to Mick, it's a great movie."
据米克说,这是一部了不起的电影。
近义:picture, film, kinematographic, cinematic, cinematographic
vt.& vi. 懂,理解;
vt. 了解;默认;听说;领会;
💡 under(under)+stand→懂;了解;通晓;认为
"That's just an approximation, you understand."
你知道那仅仅是近似值。
近义:ideate, imagine, apprehend, interpret, assimilate, penetrate
反义:misapprehend, misconstrue, mishear, misinterpret, misrepresent, misread
adv. 简单地,朴素地;(引出概括或解释)不过,仅仅;简直;<非正>实在;
💡 sim一次 + ply 折叠 →折一次 → ad.简单地;朴素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
这架时钟纯属摆设,它再也不走了。
近义:just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反义:elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
conj. 因为;
💡 cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,诉讼
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所属政党的关系而被捕。
近义:since, whereas, for, forasmuchas
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