In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.
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adv. 特别;尤其;异乎寻常地;
💡 particular特别的+ly...地→有自己的部分地→特别地
"Spending the holidays in Britain wasn't a prospect that I found particularly appealing."
在英国度假对我并不特别有吸引力。
近义：namely, peculiarly, privately, properly, really, singularly
n. 批评，批判;鉴定，审定，考证，校勘;苛求，[哲]批判主义;评论，评论文章;
💡 critic批评，辨明，分开+ism表名词 → 批评
"The plan has attracted criticism from consumer groups."
这项计划引起了各消费者组织的指责。
近义：brickbat, animadversion, review, reviewal, critique, stricture
反义：applause, kudos, laud, ovation, praising, salvo
adj. 正常的;正规的，标准的;[数学]正交的;精神健全的;
n. 正常，常态;标准;[数学]法线;
💡 norm规则，规范+al形容词后缀→有规范的→正常的
"the inversion of normal word order"
正常词序的倒装
近义：normalcy, normality, ordinary, regular, standard, usual
反义：irregular, malformed, misshapen, nonconforming, atypical, uncommon
prep. 穿过;横穿，横过;与…交叉;在…对面;
adv. 横过，越过;在对面;交叉;斜对面;
💡 cro, cru =cross,表示”十字形,交叉”
"The only access to the farmhouse is across the fields."
去那农舍的唯一通路是穿过田野。
近义：through, athwart, on, per, thru, to
adv. 几乎，差不多;将近;快要;近乎;
💡 al(all)+most→差不多；几乎(=nearly)
"I like almost all of them."
我差不多所有的都喜欢。
近义：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nearly
反义：liberally, off, outright, abundantly, plethorically, plumb
adv. 完全地;完整地;完全，彻底，全部，一干二净;很，非常，充分，十分，万分;
💡 com 共同 + plete=plet满，填满 + ly ...地 → adv. 完全地，彻底地；完整地
"No funding will be available until the technology is completely proven."
该技术得到充分验证后才会有拨款.
近义：absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively
反义：insufficiently, scarcely, scrappily, skimpily, truncately, unexhaustively