If you can't answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 争论，争吵;论据;[数]幅角;主题，情节;
💡 argu=argue争论+ment表名词 →争论，辩论
"We had an argument with the waiter about the bill."
我们和服务员就账单发生了争吵。
近义：argue, propound, jangle, polemic, polemics, quarrel
反义：arrangement, negotiation, pact, bargain, settlement, treaty
vt.& vi. 答复; 解答; 答辩;适应;
n. 回答;答案;反应;足以媲美的人;
"We sought long and hard but found no answer."
我们作了长期的艰苦探索,但没有找到答案.
近义：reply, respond, satisfy, suffice, suit, fill
反义：examine, inquire, interrogate, order, probe, query
adj. 失去的;迷路的;不知所措的;
v. 遗失，失去（ lose的过去式和过去分词）;（使）失去（所需要的东西，尤指钱）;（因事故、年老、死亡等）损失;浪费;
"I lost my balance and fell backwards."
我没有站稳，仰面摔倒。
近义：mislaid, misplaced, missing, stray, wayward, adrift
反义：discovered, safe
adv. 仍，仍然;更，还要;静静地;〈诗〉常，不断地;
adj. 不动的，静止的;不狂暴的，温柔的;没有活力的，死气沉沉的;
n. 平静，寂静;剧照;静止摄影;蒸馏器;
vt.& vi. （使某物）平静下来，安静;〈古〉烧（酒），蒸馏;
conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
尽管快80岁了，他还是十分活跃。
近义：hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify
反义：incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset
v. 呼唤，喊叫;召唤，叫来，召集;下令，命令;打电话给;
n. 喊叫，大声喊;电话联络;必要，理由;要求;
💡 c(形像电话筒)a11音“拷”，电话筒和手铐都有一个圆
"Don't give me any aggro or I'll call the police."
不要对我使用暴力，不然我就叫警察。
近义：phone, telephone, muster, page, summon, convene
反义：scare, shoo, ward, forfend, forefend, disband
adj. 卑鄙的;〈口〉极坏的，讨厌的;〈古〉不足道，无价值的;粗鄙的，恶俗的;
"The weather was really vile most of the time."
天气大部分时间都糟糕得很。
近义：ignoble, low, lowborn, lowly, mean, nasty
反义：honorable, honourable, merited, notable, respectable, respected