I prefer complexity to certainty, cheerful mysteries to sullen facts.
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vt. 更喜欢;提升,提拔;给予(债权人)优先权;提出(控告);
vi. 更喜欢,宁愿;
💡 pre预先+fer带来,拿来→预先带好→更喜欢
"The play is okay, but I still prefer the book."
戏还可以, 可我仍愿读原著.
近义:select, choose
反义:loathe, scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate
n. 复杂性,错综复杂的状态;复杂的事物;复合物;
💡 com共同+plex重叠+ity名词后缀 →复杂性
"an organization of byzantine complexity"
拜占庭式复杂诡秘死板的机构
近义:intricacy, mess, sophistication, complicacy, complication, gnarliness
反义:homeliness, ingenuousness, innocence, artlessness, naivete, naivety
n. 确定性,确实性;确定的事,必然的事;
💡 certain确实的+ty表名词 → 肯定
"Her return to the team now seems a certainty."
她的归队现在似乎已成定局。
近义:assurance, assuredness, obviousness, palpability, patency, positiveness
反义:hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, indecision, indefinition, indetermination
adj. 欢乐的,高兴的;令人愉快的;
💡 cheer欢乐+ful表形容词,“有…的” →快乐的
"You're not your usual cheerful self today."
你今天不像往常那么快快乐乐的。
近义:lively, happy, jaunty, jocular, jolly, jovial
反义:heartbroken, heartsick, hopeless, inconsolable, melancholic, melancholy
adj. 愠怒的,不高兴的;(天气)阴沉的;悲哀的;行动缓慢的;
"Bob looked pale and sullen."
鲍勃脸色苍白,闷闷不乐。
近义:mirthless, morose, obscure, peeved, pettish, petulant
反义:hearty, heedful, humane, approachable, kindhearted, kindly