Detail makes the difference between boring and terrific writing. It鈥檚 the difference between a pencil sketch and a lush oil painting. As a writer, words are your paint. Use all the colors.
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n. 详述;（照片、绘画等的）细部;细目，琐碎;各种细节;
vt. 详述，仔细汇报;选派;清晰地说明;给于细部装饰;
💡 de加强+tail剪，割→不断剪下去→琐事
"It is arguable that giving too much detail may actually be confusing."
过分详细反而使人糊涂的说法是有道理的。
近义：itemize, specify, item, particular, technicality, circumstance
反义：abridge, abstract, shorten, synthesise, synthesize, telescope
n. 差别，差异;[数]差数，差额;意见分歧;特色;
vt. 辨别，区分;
💡 dif分开，否定，不+fer带来+ence名词后缀→带来不同→不同之处
"The new regulations will not make an appreciable difference to most people."
新的规定对大多数人将无大影响。
近义：inequality, odds, unlikeness, variant, version, inhomogeneity
反义：kindred, kinship, likeness, look, matching, parallel
adj. 无聊的，无趣的;令人厌烦的;单调的，乏味的;
n. 钻孔;钻屑;
v. 令人厌烦(bore的现在分词);
💡 bor无聊 + ing 名词后缀，表状态 → 令人厌烦的,乏味的,无聊的
"She had to entertain some boring local bigwigs."
她不得不款待当地一些无聊的大人物。
近义：perforating, perforation, piercing, punching, drilling, humdrum
反义：important, absorbing
adj. 极好的;异乎寻常的;很大的;了不起的;
💡 terr怕+ific...的→好到了让人害怕的地步→极好的
"I feel absolutely terrific today!"
我今天的感觉真是好极了！
近义：lurid, astounding, neat, phenomenal, smashing, spanking
反义：idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
n. 铅笔，彩色铅笔;笔状物;画风，画法;[物]光线锥;
vt. 用铅笔写;用画笔画;
💡 peni-, peno-, peo- 【希腊传入拉丁】表男性生殖器
"This pencil's blunt !"
这支铅笔不尖了！
近义：outline, paint, represent, sketch, adumbrate, delineate
n. 绘画;油画;上色，着色;颜料，油漆;
v. 绘画（ paint的现在分词）;涂色于;
💡 paint画画 + ing 表名词 → 油画；绘画；着色
"I don't know if the painting is authentic."
我不知道这幅画是不是真迹。
近义：paintwork, picture, canvas
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"A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
— Thomas Mann