[The television is] an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.
— David Frost  ·  Television

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television ['tɛlɪvɪʒn] 词根: tele
n. 电视，电视机;电视节目;电视业;
💡 tele远，电+vis看+ion表名词 →看电视要离远点 → 电视（机）
"the adverts on television"
电视广告
近义：t.v., tv, gogglebox
invention [ɪn'vɛnʃən] 词频2 词根: in
n. 发明;发明物;捏造：内心捏造的东西，特指谎言;发明才能;
💡 invent发明，创造+ion名词后缀 → 发明，创造，捏造
"Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time."
传真机在当时是一项了不起的发明。
近义：improvisation, intellect, intelligence, strike, talent, brainchild
living ['lɪvɪŋ] 词频1
adj. 活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的; n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道; v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活，生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive 反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
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
room [rum] 词频1
n. 房间;空间;余地;房间里所有的人; vt. 租房，合住;为…提供住处;投宿，住宿;留…住宿;
"a stuffy, airless room"
空气沉闷不通风的房间
近义：lodge, dwell, precinct, quarter, saloon, stance
home [hom] 词频1
n. 家;家庭;家庭生活;终点; adj. 家庭的;家用的;本地的;本部的; adv. 在家;在家乡;深深地;深入地; vi. 回家;有家;朝向;自动导航; vt. 把…送回家;送…回家;给…提供住处;使有安身之处;
"a range of furnishings and accessories for the home"
各种各样的家居装饰物及配件
近义：house, lodging, quarter, residence, seat, gaff

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— Hodding Carter
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