But why do people who are good at families have to be smug and assume it is the only way to live, as if everybody else is inadequate? Why can't they be blamed for being bad at promiscuity?
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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
v. 假定，认为;承担;装出;呈现;
💡 as加强+sume拿取→主动拿起 → 承担；假装，假定
"You cannot assume that a speaker of English is ipso facto qualified to teach English."
你不能假定会说英语的人就有资格教英语。
近义：infer, postulate, presume, regard, suppose, surmise
反义：overrule, disregard
pron. 每人，人人;大伙儿;各位;
💡 every每个 +body 人→ pron.每人，人人
"When I give the command, everybody pushes off together."
我一声令下, 大家就一起用桨把船撑离河岸.
近义：each, all, everyone
adj. 不充足的;不适当的;不足胜任的;信心不足的;
💡 in不+ad加强意义+equ平均+ate...的→不充足的，不适当的
"The project could fail if there is inadequate follow-through."
如果缺少恰当的后续行动，该项目可能失败。
近义：inappropriate, inapt, incompatible, insufficient, lacking, scanty
反义：appropriate, apt, passable, pat, average, proper
smug
[smʌg]
adj. 自鸣得意的;自以为是的;整洁的;体面的;
n. 自命不凡的人，沾沾自喜的人;书呆子;
"I reckon she has good reason to feel smug."
我认为她洋洋得意必有其缘故.
近义：infatuated, arrogant, assuming, assumptive, philistine, presuming
反义：humiliated, mortified, shamed, shamefaced, timid, blushing
vi. 生存;居住;生活，过活;在生活中得到享受;
vt. 经历;度过;
"We cannot live without water."
没有水我们不能生存。
近义：last, reside, be, sojourn, subsist, dwell
反义：perish, vanish, part, croak, decease, depart