Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.
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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
adj. 私有的,私人的;秘密的;内心的;平民的,无官职的,士兵的;
n. 列兵,士兵,[陆]二等兵;〈古〉私人,个人;阴部,生殖器;
💡 priv单个+ate形容词后缀→个人的
"You can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments."
整座宫殿除内殿外均可参观。
近义:pfc, grunt, squaddie, inside, noteworthy, particular
反义:open, overt, patent, communal
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
adj. 公众的,公共的;公开的;政府的;人人知道的,知名的;
n. 大众;社会;公共场所;(文学家等的)爱读者;
💡 publ人民+ic...的 → 公开的,公众的
"The public are requested not to throw waste paper in the park."
公众被要求不得在公园里乱扔废纸.
近义:assistance, attendance, audience, turnout, concurrence, concurrency
反义:participator, plaintiff, sharer, actor, inside, noteworthy
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
v. 看见( see的过去分词 );观看;领会;考虑;
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看见前面提到的那个人行动可疑。