Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction.
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n. 真理;真相,事实;忠实,忠诚;现实,现实性;
💡 tru相信,真实+th抽象名词 →事实,真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反义:hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
n. 陌生人,不认识的人;外地人;局外人;门外汉;
adj. 不熟悉的,陌生的(strange)的比较级;
💡 strang陌生的+er人→陌生人;新来者
"She was accosted in the street by a complete stranger."
在街上,一个完全陌生的人贸然走到她跟前搭讪。
近义:outlander, outsider, auslander, tramontane, alien, foreigner
反义:relation, acquaintant, indian, aborigine, creole, local
n. 小说,虚构的文学作品;虚构的或想像出的事,并非完全真实的事;编造,虚构;
💡 非可信”(谐音): 虚构的东西不可信 fict-fact:事实与 虚构不同 虚构(fiction)摩擦(friction)生碎片(fraction)
"a devotee of science fiction"
科幻小说的狂热爱好者
近义:invention, chimaera, chimera, fable, hallucination, novelistic
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
adv. 贫穷地, 不充分地, 贫乏地\\na. 身体不舒服的
近义:insufficiently, loosely, miserably, relaxedly, scarcely, slackly
反义:abundantly, sumptuously
adj. 书面的;写成文字的;明显受到…影响;(感情)全挂在脸上;
v. 写( write的过去分词);写信;
"The letter was written in her usual acerbic style."
这封信是用她惯常的尖刻语调写的。
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