A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason.
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n. 人;(语法)人称;身体;容貌;
💡 person-, parson- 表”人类”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看见前面提到的那个人行动可疑。
近义:individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter
反义:assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
adv. 通常,经常,平常,惯常地;一直,向来;动不动,一般;素;
💡 usual通常的+ly副词后缀→通常地,惯常地
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常认为,蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
近义:invariably, mostly, normally, oft, often, oftentimes
反义:infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
n. 理由;原因;理性;理智;
vt.& vi. 推理,思考;争辩;辩论;向…解释;
💡 再(re)生一个(a)儿子(son), 理由是第一个儿子夭折了
"The reason for the flood was that heavy rain."
水灾是那场大雨造成的.
近义:ratiocinate, think, conclude, deduce, deduct, motivation
反义:idiocy, applesauce, imbecility, inaccuracy, inanity, mistake
adj. 真的;真实的,现实的;事实上的;真诚的;
adv. 真正,实在;确实地;
n. 实在,现实;实数;
"I made a real balls-up of my exams."
我考试考得一塌糊涂。
近义:legitimate, authentic, sterling, true, truthful, unfeigned
反义:imaginary, utopical, visional, chimeric, chimerical, dreamlike