The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.
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n. 储备;保护区;保留;替补队员;
vt. 储备;保留;预约;
vi. 预订;
adj. 保留的;预备的;
💡 re再+serve服务，保持→再留住→预定n. 内向，沉默寡言
"We'll reserve the ticket for you till tomorrow noon."
票为您保留到明天中午.
近义：keep, spare, prebook, preorder, book, backlog
反义：lavish, misspend, misuse, piddle, squander, dilapidate
adv. 有时，间或;时而;
💡 sometime某一时间的+s表副词 →有时
"Even friends disagree sometimes."
即便是朋友有时也有分歧。
近义：occasionally, oft, once, rarely, betweentimes, betweenwhiles
反义：invariably, periodically, repeatedly, steadily, usually, consistently
n. 作家;作者;撰写人;写字…的人;
💡 writ=write写+er人 →作家
近义：literatus, author, redactor, columnist, contributor, editor
adv. 几乎，差不多;将近;快要;近乎;
💡 al(all)+most→差不多；几乎(=nearly)
"I like almost all of them."
我差不多所有的都喜欢。
近义：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nearly
反义：liberally, off, outright, abundantly, plethorically, plumb
n. 感觉，官能;意识，观念;理性;识别力;
vt. 感到;理解，领会;检测出;
💡 sens(feel)+e(名词后缀)→感官；知觉；意义；判断力；感知
"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：intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
n. 意思，意义;含义;意图;
adj. 有意思的;意味深长的;
vt. 意味(mean的现在分词);意思是;
💡 mean 意思+ ing 表示行为、状态、情况及其他 → n.意义，意思；意图
"contextual clues to the meaning"
上下文提供的理解其含义的线索
近义：import, purport, purposefulness, sense, significance, significancy