Statistics are like a drunk with a lampost: used more for support than illumination.
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n. 统计,统计学,统计法,统计资料;统计数字;“statistic”的复数;
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"It's not easy to disentangle the truth from the official statistics."
从官方统计资料中理出真实情况并不容易。
近义:statistic
vt. 支持;帮助;支撑;维持;
n. 支撑;支持者;[数学]支集;支撑物;
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"The poor suburbs traditionally formed the bedrock of the party's support."
贫穷的郊区在传统上构成了支持该党的牢固基础。
近义:hold, maintain, backstop, prop, steady, sustain
反义:leave, neglect, quit, strand, desert, forsake
adj. 醉的;陶醉的;沉醉;飘飘然;
n. 醉汉,酒鬼,酗酒者;
v. 喝(酒)( drink的过去分词);饮;喝酒;(尤指)酗酒;
"He gets aggressive when he's drunk."
他喝醉了就喜欢寻衅滋事。
近义:inebriate, lush, barfly, rummy, sot, tippler
反义:sane, dry
adj. 用过的;习惯于;二手的;旧的;
v. 使用( use的过去式和过去分词);常常,经常;
"Things ain't what they used to be."
现在情况不比从前了。
近义:outworn, worn, utilized, wonted, accustomed
反义:unused, unworn
n. 照明;阐明,解释清楚;<物>照度;彩饰,图案花饰;
"The only illumination in the room came from the fire."
屋子里唯一的光亮来自炉火。
近义:illuminating, lighting, lights, clarification, enlightenment
反义:murk, murkiness, obscurity, tenebrosity, blackness, dark