personal ['pɝsənl] 词频1 词根: 声音

adj. 个人的，私人的;身体的;亲自的;人身攻击的; n. （报刊上的）人事栏，分类人事广告版;人称代名词;关于个人的简讯;

💡 person人+al...的 →个人的

"Her sole aim is personal aggrandizement."

近义：private, privy, cozy, cosy, cosey, cozie 反义：open, overt, patent, communal, cold, glassy

history ['hɪstri] 词频1

n. 历史，历史学;发展史;履历，经历;（某地的）沿革;

💡 histor过去发生的事 + y 表名词→ 历史；个人经历

"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."

近义：archives, papers, past, background, record, records

become [bɪ'kʌm] 词频1

vi. 变为，成为;变得;变成; vt. 适合，适宜;相称，相当;变成;发生;

💡 be(upon)+come→变为；成为(=to come upon）

"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."

近义：turn, wax, get, go, grow, suit 反义：remain, keep, stay, get

kind [kaɪnd] 词频1 词根: /kin/

n. 〈古〉方式，方法;本质，天性;同类;某类; adj. 仁慈的，体贴的;友善的，好心的;温和;宽宏大量的;

"Beneath his gruff exterior, he's really very kind-hearted."

近义：nature, order, quality, rank, sort, stamp 反义：heedless, impolite, inattentive, inclement, abrupt, loutish

strange [strendʒ] 词频1

adj. 陌生的，生疏的;奇怪的，古怪的;疏远的;外国的; adv. 奇怪地;陌生地;冷淡地;

💡 事真奇”（谐音）即 奇怪的

"a strange concatenation of events"

近义：odd, offbeat, outlandish, quaint, queer, queerish 反义：inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average

costume ['kɑstum] 词频2 词根: cr-

n. （戏剧或电影的）戏装，演出服;服装，衣服;泳装，常用于英式英语;（某地或某历史时期的）服装; vt. 给…穿上服装;给…提供服装;

💡 花费(cost)你(u)的钱(m)- 服装 costume 民族服装-custom(n.风俗) 网友：马胜敏 补充：花费(cost)你(u)我(me)的钱去买服

"The actors were still in costume and make-up."

近义：array, attire, outfit, raiment, suit, toilet