People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.
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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
touchy
['tʌtʃi]
adj. 易动气的;小心眼的;需要小心对待的;棘手的;
adv. 易动气地，过分敏感地，小心眼地;
n. 易动气，过分敏感;
💡 touch摸 + y ...的→ 容易被触碰到(内心)的 → 敏感的
"He's a little touchy about his weight."
他对自己的体重感到有点儿苦恼。
近义：huffy, irritable, jumpy, oversensitive, peppery, petulant
反义：imperviable, impervious, insensible, insensitive, obdurate, pitiless
adj. 不公平的;非正义的;不讲信用的;
💡 un不，没有+just公正的→非正义的
"It is unjust and unlawful to discriminate against people of other races."
歧视外族人是不公正的,也是违法的.
近义：inequitable, infamous, iniquitous, perverse, tyrannous, unfair
反义：honest, honorable, honourable, impartial, neutral, pure
n. 思想;想法;关心;思索;
v. 想( think的过去式和过去分词);思索;以为;认为;
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：idea, intent, meditation, mind, notion, pondering
反义：unintentional, unmeant, unwilled, unwitting, unwilling
adj. 蠢的;糊涂的;不明事理的;没头脑的;
n. （常用于向孩子指出其愚蠢行为）傻孩子，淘气鬼;傻子，蠢货;
💡 稀里（谐音):稀里 胡涂 傻的人认“死理”（谐音）
"That was a silly thing to do !"
那事做得蠢！
近义：idiot, imbecile, ass, ninny, nit, noodle
反义：ingenious, intelligent, inventive, argute, knowing, astute