If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference.
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vt. 假装，伪装;假称;装扮;
vi. 扮演;自称;假装，矫作;
adj. 仿制的;
💡 pre提前+tend延伸→提前伸出想好借口 → 假装，借口
"So you don't need to pretend, do you?"
所以你不必装假了, 对 吧 ?
近义：purport, represent, sham, simulate, dissemble, fake
n. 差别，差异;[数]差数，差额;意见分歧;特色;
vt. 辨别，区分;
💡 dif分开，否定，不+fer带来+ence名词后缀→带来不同→不同之处
"The new regulations will not make an appreciable difference to most people."
新的规定对大多数人将无大影响。
近义：inequality, odds, unlikeness, variant, version, inhomogeneity
反义：kindred, kinship, likeness, look, matching, parallel
n. 事件，形势;东西，事物;家伙;事业;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。
近义：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
adj. 更坏的;恶化的;更厉害的;严重的( bad,ill,badly的比较级);
adv. 更坏地，更糟地;（程度上）更…;
n. 更坏的事物;
"The rooms were awful and the food was worse."
房间很糟糕，吃的更差。
近义：lousy, badder, baddest, punk, worst, awful
反义：higher, paramount, preferable, superior, topmost, upper
adj. 难看的;丑陋的;有敌意的;不祥的;
n. 丑陋的人（东西）;
💡 阿哥你（谐音）：阿哥你很 丑，但你很温柔 李逵很 丑，被太太称为“阿哥李”（谐音）
"There were ugly scenes in the streets last night as rioting continued."
昨晚暴乱持续之际，街上险象环生。
近义：homely, inartistic, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely
反义：lovable, lovely, neat, nice, smart, super
duckling
['dʌkliŋ]
n. 小鸭，幼鸭;丑小鸭（初似平庸后来出众的人或事物）;
"We're going to feed the duckling."
我们去喂小鸭子.
近义：mallard