The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.
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adj. 基本的;[化学]碱性的;[地质学]基性的;首要的;
n. 基础,基本;基本原则,基本原理,基本规律;要素;基础训练;
💡 bas=basis基础+ic形容词,...的 →基本的
"The company offers scuba-diving as an add-on to the basic holiday price."
这家公司提供带水肺潜水活动,不包括在基本度假费用以内。
近义:medullary, pivotal, primal, primary, primordial, basal
反义:associate, attache, parallel, auxiliary, accessorial, accessory
n. 现实,现实性;真实情况,实际情形;实体,实在;事实;
💡 real真实的+ity名词后缀 →现实,真实
"our perception of reality"
我们对现实的认识
近义:sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
反义:chimaera, chimera, fable, hallucination
n. 意思,意义;含义;意图;
adj. 有意思的;意味深长的;
vt. 意味(mean的现在分词);意思是;
💡 mean 意思+ ing 表示行为、状态、情况及其他 → n.意义,意思;意图
"contextual clues to the meaning"
上下文提供的理解其含义的线索
近义:import, purport, purposefulness, sense, significance, significancy
n. 人,人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于,布满;使住满人,在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 器具,工具;(有助于做工或完成某事的)用具;受人利用的人;压印机;
vt. 用工具给…加工;压印;驾车到处跑;
vi. 使用工具;开车,乘车;
💡 一根棍子(l)有时也(too)是 工具
"a handy little tool"
好用的小工具
近义:hew, work, malleate, carve, fabricate, fashion