The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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vt.& vi. 比较，对照;
vt. 比拟，喻为;[语]构成;
vi. 相比，匹敌;比较，区别;比拟（常与to连用）;
n. 比较;
💡 com共同+pare=par平等 → 平等放在一起 → 对照；比较
"It is interesting to compare their situation and ours."
把他们的状况与我们的相比很有意思。
近义：liken, associate, relate, check, collate, colligate
反义：outmatch, excel
n. 玫瑰;粉红色;蔷薇（花）;粉红色的葡萄酒;
adj. 玫瑰花的;玫瑰色的;粉红色的;带有玫瑰香味的;
vt. 使成玫瑰色，使（面颊）发红;使有玫瑰香味;
v. 起义（ rise的过去式）;升起;（数量）增加;休会;
💡 roseo-, ros- 表”玫瑰色”
"Voices rose in a crescendo and drowned him out."
人们讲话的声音越来越大，盖过了他的声音。
近义：pink, rosiness, showerhead, rosa, pinky, roseate
vt. 复述，背诵;重复;
vi. 重做;重复投票;
n. （节目）重演;重复;重复的事物;
💡 re(again)+peat(to seek)→重复；跟着说；重播
"Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam."
电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话,令人厌烦.
近义：ingeminate, iterate, overemphasize, pound, reaffirm, redo
adv. 可能地;也许，或许;敢是;容许;
💡 poss可能+ibly...地→可能地；也许
"It was possibly their worst performance ever."
这也许是他们迄今为止最糟糕的表现。
近义：likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, presumably, probably
反义：assuredly, absolutely, positively, quite, surely, thoroughly
n. 傻瓜，笨蛋;白痴;
💡 idio特殊的，个人的+t→ 特殊的，无知的人 → 白痴，傻子
"He was a blithering idiot ."
他是个十足的傻瓜。
近义：imbecile, jackass, jerk, loggerhead, madcap, ass
反义：ingenious, intelligent, inventive, argute, knowing, astute
n. 第一，最初;头等;一号，;[乐]高音部;
adv. 最早，最初;首次;宁愿;优先;
adj. 第一流的;最初的，最早的;基本的，概要的;高音的;
num. 第一;
💡 泰森 第一拳(fist)打在稻草(r)人身上，训练
"Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper'On Narcissism '."
弗洛伊德在他的论文《论自恋》中首次提到了这个概念.
近义：initial, beginning, prime, foremost, initiative, preliminary
反义：hindermost, hindmost, latest, latter, rearmost, utmost