Jargon allows us to camouflage intellectual poverty with verbal extravagance.
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adj. 智力的;有才智的;需用智力的;智力发达的;
n. 知识分子;脑力劳动者;有极高智力的人;凭理智（而非感情）办事的人;
💡 intellect智力+ual...的→ 智力的
"Some Americans see Oxford as an intellectual Disneyland."
一些美国人把牛津视为知识分子的乐园。
近义：highbrow, literatus, scholar, longhair, egghead
反义：ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninstructed
n. 贫穷;缺乏，不足;贫瘠，不毛;低劣;
💡 poor(贫穷的)+ty(表示抽象名词的后缀)→贫穷；缺乏
"He envisaged an old age of loneliness and poverty."
他面对着一个孤独而贫困的晚年.
近义：impecuniosity, indigence, marginality, meanness, misery, pauperism
反义：plenty, wealth, wealthiness, opulency, affluence
adj. 词语的;言语的;口头的;动词的;
💡 verb词语+al形容词后缀→词语的
"The job applicant must have good verbal skills."
应聘这份工作的人必须具有良好的语言表达技能。
近义：nuncupative, oral, parol, spoken, unwritten
反义：tacit, mathematic
jargon
['dʒɑrɡən]
n. 行话;行业术语;黑话;
💡 象声词，音：喳喳，嘁嘁喳喳的声音；音: 轧钢，轧钢时使用的都是钢铁业专业术语 网友：yqy 补充：行话就是只能在“坛子”（jar）里、只能在一定范围内说的话
"Their jargon is impenetrable to an outsider."
他们的行话外人听不懂。
近义：argot, jabber, rigmarole, slang, vernacular, gibberish
camouflage
['kæmə'flɑʒ]
n. 伪装;掩饰;〈喻〉幌子;
vt.& vi. 伪装;掩饰;欺瞒;
"The white fur of the polar bear is a natural camouflage."
北极熊身上的白色的浓密软毛是一种天然的伪装.
近义：hide, mask, sleek, cloak, conceal, disguise
反义：present, raise, show, showcase, unhide, shew
n. 奢侈，挥霍;奢侈品;过分（的事情）;放纵的言行;
"He's always railing against his wife about her extravagance."
他总是责怪妻子奢侈浪费.
近义：idiosyncrasy, oddity, oddness, outlandishness, whimsicality, eccentricity