Brilliance is typically the act of an individual, but incredible stupidity can usually be traced to an organization.
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adj. 个人的;独特的;个别的;
n. 个人;个体;
💡 in加强+di分开+vid分开+ual...的→与别人分开的→个人的，个体的
"Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job."
一旦就业，即停发福利救济。
近义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
反义：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
adj. 不可思议的;惊人的;难以置信的;未必可能的;
💡 in不+credible可信的→不可信的
"It seemed incredible that she had been there a week already."
真让人难以置信，她已经在那里待了一个星期了。
近义：unaccountable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unearthly, unprecedented, amazing
反义：likely, plausible, reliable, verisimilar, believable, colourable
adv. 通常，经常，平常，惯常地;一直，向来;动不动，一般;素;
💡 usual通常的+ly副词后缀→通常地，惯常地
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常认为，蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
近义：invariably, mostly, normally, oft, often, oftentimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
n. 组织;机构;团体;
adj. 有组织的;
💡 organ器官，组织+ization表名词，发展过程 →组织
"an organization offering counselling for the bereaved"
为死者亲友提供辅导的组织
近义：hierarchy, arrangement, array, order, orderliness, organisation
反义：havoc, hell, huddle, jumble, mayhem, mess
n. （卓越的）才华;光亮;光辉;光彩;
"I was totally amazed by the brilliance of her paintings."
她的绘画才能令我惊歎不已.
近义：incandescence, light, lucidity, luster, lustre, polish
反义：somberness, sombreness, tarnish, colorlessness, drabness
stupidity
[stju'piditi]
n. 愚蠢;愚行;蠢事;蠢话;
"I couldn't believe my own stupidity."
我干的蠢事我自己都不能相信。
近义：idiocy, imbecility, inanity, asininity, ludicrousness, nonsense
反义：aptness, intellect, invention, argument, knack, mentality