Do not fight verbosity with words: speech is given to all, intelligence to few.
— Moralia  ·  No category

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intelligence [ɪn'tɛlɪdʒəns] 词频2 词根: intel
n. 智力;聪颖;情报;情报机构;
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"She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence."
她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足.
近义：aptness, intellect, invention, argument, knack, mentality
fight [faɪt] 词频1
vt.& vi. 战斗;斗争;打架;吵架; n. 打架;吵架;战斗;斗志;
"The twins fight tooth and nail over the slightest disagreement."
这对双胞胎为了一点儿小矛盾而吵得不可开交.
近义：strive, struggle, argue, jangle, quarrel, quibble 反义：reconcile, reunite, rapport, togetherness, unison, unity
verbosity [[və'bɑsəti]]
n. 赘言, 唠叨, 冗长
近义：verbiage, wordiness, blab, panglossia, redundancy, chatter 反义：laconicism, succinctness, terseness, brevity
speech [spitʃ] 词频1
n. 演说，演讲，发言;说话，谈话，说话能力或方式;（乐器的）音，音色;方言，民族语言;
"He finished his speech amid tremendous applause."
他在雷鸣般的掌声中结束了演讲。
近义：lecture, locution, monologue, peroration, phrase, prelection
given ['ɡɪvn] 词频1
adj. 指定的，确定的;假设的，假定的;有…倾向的;赠送的; prep. （表示原因）考虑到;（表示假设）倘若，假定; n. 假设; v. 给予，赠送( give的过去分词);
"The pilot was given clearance to land by air traffic control."
飞行员得到空中交通管制站发出的着陆许可。
近义：particular 反义：indefinite, indeterminate, unascertained, uncertain, unsettled, vague
words [[wə:dz]]
n. 言语；话语；字（word的复数）

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