Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
— Sam Brown  ·  No category

📚 名句词汇解析

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offend [ə'fɛnd] 词频2 词根: fen
vt. 触怒;得罪，冒犯;使反感令人不适; vi. 犯规，触犯;
💡 of反对+fend打击→一再打击[别人]→冒犯，得罪
"Perhaps, unconsciously, I've done something to offend her."
我也许无意中做了什么得罪她的事。
近义：impugn, inconvenience, injure, insult, irk, irritate 反义：apotheosize, honor, hurrah, applaud, laud, magnify
people ['pipl] 词频1 词根: 公众
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
substance ['sʌbstəns] 词频1 词根: sub
n. 物质，材料;实质，内容;[神]灵;（织品的）质地;
💡 sub下面+st站立+ance表名词→站在下面的东西→物质；本质
"to be arrested for possession of a controlled substance"
因藏有毒品而被捕
近义：matter, materiality, tangibility, corporeality, inwardness, quiddity
style [staɪl] 词频1
n. 方式;样式;时髦;仪表，品位; vt. 设计;称呼;为…造型; vi. 使符合流行式样;用刻刀作装饰画;
💡 源自type
"The letter was written in her usual acerbic style."
这封信是用她惯常的尖刻语调写的。
近义：streamline, stylize, name, entitle, blueprint, delineate

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