There was a definite process by which one made people into friends, and it involved talking to them and listening to them for hours at a time.
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adj. 明确的;一定的;肯定;有把握;
💡 de强调+fin界线+ite表形容词 →明确的
"She has certain definite beauties, such as her eyes."
她确有几分姿色, 比如说她的眼睛.
近义：confident, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable
反义：implausible, improbable, uncertain, unlikely, imprecise, indeterminate
n. 过程;工序;做事方法;工艺流程;
vt. 加工;处理;审阅;审核;
vi. 列队行进;
adj. 经过特殊加工（或处理）的;
💡 pro向前，在前+cess行走→过程；进行
"The factory manager used a flowchart to explain the production process."
工厂经理用一幅作业图来说明生产过程.
近义：inure, mill, treat, transact, execute, expedite
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. …制的;（人工）做成的，拼成的;虚构的;保证成功的;
v. 使(make的过去式和过去分词);
"He made it absolutely clear."
他把此事讲得一清二楚。
近义：manufactured, produced, done, fabricated, artificial, manmade
involved
[in'vɔlvd]
adj. 复杂难懂的;与他人有密切关系的;受牵扯的;作为一部份参与的;
v. 表明（某人参与了罪行等）(involve的过去式和过去分词);使参与;牵涉;使专心于;
"a detailed assessment of the risks involved"
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近义：implicated, intricate, knotty, labyrinthine, sophisticated, tangled
反义：uncommitted, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable
n. 时间;时刻;时代;次;
vt. 为…安排时间;测定…的时间;调准（机械的）速度;拨准（钟、表）的快慢;
vi. 合拍;和谐;打拍子;
adj. 定时的;定期的;[美国英语]分期（付款）的;
int. [体育]时间到，（一场或一局等的）比赛时限，暂停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能带两个。
近义：clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon