Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.
— William Ockham  ·  No category

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increase ['ɪnkris] 词频1 词根: in
vt.& vi. 增加，增大，增多; vt. 增强，增进;[缝纫]放（针）; vi. 增强;增进;增殖，繁殖;[缝纫]放针;
💡 in向内+crease增→增加
"He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary."
他竟然厚着脸皮要求增加薪水.
近义：heighten, hike, hypo, increment, intensify, magnify 反义：lessen, lower, reduce, slack, slacken, deescalate
necessary ['nɛsəsɛri] 词频1 词根: necessar
adj. 必要的;强制的;必然的;不可避免的; n. 必需品;
💡 necess必要 + ary 表示有...性质的， → a.必要的；必然的
"Vitamin D is necessary to aid the absorption of calcium from food."
从食物中吸取钙需靠维生素D的帮助。
近义：indispensable, inevitable, mandatory, needful, obligatory, obliged 反义：needless, pointless, profitless, purposeless, redundant, reiterative
number ['nʌmbɚ] 词频1 词根: number
n. 数字;数量;号码;编号; v. 标号;总计;把…算作;
💡 numer, number 表示”数字”;”计算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
过去十年，农业从业人数已经下降。
近义：numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher 反义：remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
explain [ɪk'splen] 词频1 词根: plain
vt.& vi. 讲解，解释; vt. 说明…的原因，辩解; vi. 说明，解释，辩解;
💡 ex 出+ plain清楚的→ 说清楚的 → 解释
"The factory manager used a flowchart to explain the production process."
工厂经理用一幅作业图来说明生产过程.
近义：justify, illustrate, pose, prove, rede, resolve 反义：implicate, mat, muddle, mystify, ravel, snag
beyond [bɪ'jɑnd] 词频1
prep. 超过;越过;那一边;在…较远的一边; adv. 在远处;在更远处; n. 远处;
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那条路经过村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近义：farther, further, off, out, outside, past
required
a. 必需的
近义：necessary, obligatory, prerequisite, prescribed, requisite, compulsory 反义：arbitrary, optative, permissive, unobligative, unobligatory, discretional

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