A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
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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
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
adj. 令人难于忍受的;难堪的;令人厌烦的;
v. 试图( try的现在分词);试验，尝试;审讯;
💡 try(考验)+ing(形容词后缀)→难堪的；使人痛苦的
"an ageing pop star trying to stage a comeback"
试图重返歌坛的已经上了年纪的流行音乐歌星
近义：arduous, irksome, labored, laborious, nagging, nervy
vt.& vi. 设计;绘制;
vt. 设计;计划;企图;决意（做）;
n. 设计;图案;结构;计划;
vi. 设计略图;（为工艺品、装潢项目等）设计;当设计师;构思;
💡 de使…成为，加强+sign做标志→设计，计划
"I've made a few adjustments to the design."
我已对设计作了几处调整。
近义：apportionment, distribution, division, allotment, ideate, invent
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
vt. 低估;对…估计不足;看轻;把…的价值估计过低;
n. 低估;估计不足;过低评价，过低估价;轻视;
💡 under不足，不够+estimate估计→估计不足
"We often underestimate our potentialities."
我们常常低估自己的潜力。
近义：slight, snub, spurn, trivialize, underrate, understate
反义：prize, treasure, value, admire, esteem