After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
— Fred Thompson  ·  Government

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sincerity [sɪn'sɪərəti] 词频4
n. 真挚，诚心诚意，诚意;笃实;襟怀坦白;愫;
💡 sincer纯净，真实的 + ity 表名词 →诚挚, 真实, 真挚
"the artless sincerity of a young child"
幼童的天真烂漫
近义：honesty, openheartedness, openness, singleness, straightforwardness, veracity 反义：imposture, insincerity, pharisaism, phariseeism, priggishness, prudery
often ['ɔf(tə)n] 词频1
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes 反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
long [lɔŋ] 词频1 词根: /lə/
adj. 长的;长时间的;冗长的，过长的;长音的; adv. 长久地;始终;遥远地; n. 长时间，长时期;[语]长音节;（服装的）长尺寸;长裤; vi. 渴望，极想;
💡 渴望见到很 长的龙（long） 长龙（拼音long)摆尾 网友：顾亮亮 补充：龙很长
"How long will I be under the anaesthetic ?"
我会麻醉多长时间？
近义：lengthened, lengthy, moderately, pretty, quite, rather 反义：little, minute, small, squat, slight
realism ['riəlizəm;'riəlˌizəm] 词频3 词根: 统治
n. （文艺的）现实主义;现实主义的态度和行为;<哲>唯实论;实在论;
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言，他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义：positivism, truthfulness, verism 反义：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
Washington [['wɔʃiŋtən]] 词频1
n. 华盛顿
近义：wa, wash.
Hollywood [['hɔliwud]] 词频3
n. 好莱坞, 美国电影界, 美国电影工业, 美国式电影
近义：wonderland, movieland

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