In the U.S. you have to be a deviant or exist in extreme boredom... Make no mistake, all intellectuals are deviants in the U.S.
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vi. 存在;生存;生活;继续存在;
💡 ex出+ist站立→站出来→活下来→存在,生存
"There exist many sources of energy both potential and kinetic."
存在着许多势能和动能的能源.
近义:be, live, subsist
n. 错误,过失,误解;差错,口误,笔误;失策,失误;
vt.& vi. 弄错,误解;
vt. 认不出;误会;看错;
vi. 弄错;误解;
💡 mis错误,坏+take拿→拿错→错误
"It has now become evident to us that a mistake has been made."
我们已经清楚出了差错。
近义:miscalculate, misdeem, miss, confuse, fail, inaccuracy
反义:arrival, success, triumph, victory, achievement
deviant
['di:viənt]
n. 不正常的人,异常的人;
adj. 不正常的,异常的;离经叛道的;
"Deviant behaviour is one of the features of certain types of mental illness."
反常举动是某些精神疾病的特征之一.
近义:pervert, deviate, deviationist, irregular, unnatural, unusual
adj. 极端的,过激的;极限的,非常的;末端的;(政治上)急进的;
n. 极端;困境;[数]极限值;[常用复数]在两末端的事物;
💡 外面(ex)打伞(t)的阿姨(re)对我(me)是 极端的
"You should exercise extreme caution when driving in fog."
在雾中开车要极为小心.
近义:ultimate, terminal, end, plethora, surplus, exaggeration
反义:lean, levelheaded, measured, modest, abstemious, abstentious
n. 讨厌,令人讨厌的事物;无聊,无趣;厌倦;
"I started to eat too much out of sheer boredom."
由于实在闲极无聊,我开始无节制地大吃起来。
近义:monotony, tediousness, tedium, weariness, yawn, ennui
反义:hobby, attractions, pastime, avocation, play, playtime
n. 知识分子( intellectual的复数形式 ); 脑力劳动者; 有极高智力的人; 凭理智(而非感情)办事的人
近义:intelligentsia, clerisy