This report, by its very length, defends itself against being read.
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n. 报告;成绩报告单;传闻;流言蜚语;
vt.& vi. 报道;公布;宣告;
vt. 告发，举报;使报到;
💡 re回+port拿，带→ 把消息、情况等带回来→ 报告，汇报
"This report is an acknowledgement of the size of the problem."
这个报告承认了问题的严重性。
近义：refer, relate, tell, broadcast, communicate, convey
反义：hide, mask, occult, screen, secrete, shade
n. 长度，长;时间的长短;（语）音长;一段，一节;
💡 leng长+th名词后缀 → 长度
"a short length of chain"
一截短链条
近义：duration, hunk, lump, nub, piece, bit
prep. 反对;对…不利;紧靠;以防;
💡 gain =against (反对)#词根助记：反对
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票赞成，五人反对，两人弃权。
近义：athwart, agin
pron. (it的反身形式);它自己，它本身;自身，本身;
"The human race has enough weapons to annihilate itself."
人类有足够的武器灭绝自己。
近义：herself, himself, oneself, themselves, yourself, yourselves
vt.& vi. 阅读，朗读;显示;研究;看得懂;
vt. 显示;阅读;读懂，理解;
n. 阅读;读物;读书;里德（人名）;
adj. 被朗读的;博识的;博览的;有学问的;
"When we read out 4.23, we say " four point two three "."
我们把4.23读作 四点二三.
近义：say, perusal, reading, knowledgeable, learned, scholarly