How can I tell that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensation and my state of mind?
— Douglas Adams  ·  No category

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account [ə'kaʊnt] 词频2 词根: ac
n. 账，账目;存款;记述，报告;理由; vi. 解释;导致;报账; vt. 认为;把…视作;
💡 ac一再+count计算→计算，算账
"I don't have a bank account."
我没有银行账户。
近义：numeration, reckoning, score, tally, count, counting
discrepancy [dɪs'krɛpənsi] 词根: crepit
n. 矛盾;不符合（之处）;
💡 dis 分开 + crep= crepare破裂 + ancy构成名词，表示状态、情况 → n. 不符合(之处),不一致(之处)
"The discrepancy in their ages seemed not to matter."
他们之间年龄的差异似乎没有多大关系.
近义：variance, deviation, difference, disagreement, discrepance, disparity 反义：rapport, togetherness, unison, unity, bonhomie, fraternizing
immediate [ɪ'midɪət] 词频1 词根: im
adj. 立即的;直接的，最接近的;目前的，当前的;直觉的;
💡 im无+medi中间+ate...的→无中间→ 即刻的；直接的
"She felt an immediate attraction for him."
她对他顿生爱慕。
近义：hither, near, nearby, neighboring, neighbouring, next 反义：isolated, outlying, remote, removed, retired, secluded
physical ['fɪzɪkl] 词频2 词根: physics
adj. 自然（界）的;身体的;物质的;自然规律的; n. 身体检查，体格检查;
💡 phys生理领域 + ical ...的 → a.物质的；物理的；身体的
"the cult of physical fitness"
健身热
近义：material, personal, substantial, bodily, concrete, corporal 反义：unworldly
sensation [sɛn'seʃən] 词频2 词根: sens
n. 感觉;直觉;知觉;轰动;
💡 sens感觉 + ation 表示行为、状态、结果 → n. (感官的)感觉能力;(下意识的)感觉;知觉;轰动,引起轰动的事件(或人物)
"He lost all sensation in his legs through cramp."
他的腿部因抽筋而失去知觉.
近义：feeling 反义：imperviousness, insensitiveness, insensitivity, severity, steeliness, sternness
state [stet] 词频1 词根: sta
n. 国家;州;状况，情况;资格; vt. 规定;陈述，声明; adj. 国家的;国务的，公务的;正式的;
💡 stat站立+e强调 → 国家；状态
"Dot arrived in a state of great agitation."
多特到达时十分焦虑不安。
近义：hold, maintain, assert, asseverate, manifest, assure

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"She is the least benightedly unintelligent organic lifeform it has ever been my distinct lack of pleasure not to have been able to avoid meeting."
"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."
"Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable, let's prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all."
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