Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
— Mark Twain  ·  No category

📚 名句词汇解析

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reader ['ridɚ] 词频1
n. 读者，朗读者;读本;讲读者，讲师;审稿人;
💡 read读+er人 →读者
"Too , the reader will find in this book many interesting illustrations."
读者还能在书中看到许多有趣的插图.
近义：collection, compendium, compilation, digest, anthology, scanner
suppose [sə'poz] 词频1 词根: 放置
vt. 假定;猜想，推测;认为;让（用于祈祷语气）; vi. 想象，猜想;
💡 sup在…下面+pose放→放下去想→猜想，推测
"I suppose your presence here today is not entirely coincidental ."
我认为你今天来这里不完全是碰巧。
近义：imagine, assume, presume, regard, surmise, suspect
idiot ['ɪdɪət] 词频4
n. 傻瓜，笨蛋;白痴;
💡 idio特殊的，个人的+t→ 特殊的，无知的人 → 白痴，傻子
"He was a blithering idiot ."
他是个十足的傻瓜。
近义：imbecile, jackass, jerk, loggerhead, madcap, ass 反义：ingenious, intelligent, inventive, argute, knowing, astute
congress ['kɑŋɡrəs] 词根: con
n. 国会;代表大会;（用于某些国家的政党名称）国民大会;社交; vi. 开会，集合;
💡 con共同+gress行走→走到一起→代表大会
"But Congress is in a dangerously fretful mood."
但国会存在一种危险的焦躁情绪。
近义：assembly, meeting, conference, convention, convocation
repeat [rɪ'pit] 词频1 词根: 寻求
vt. 复述，背诵;重复; vi. 重做;重复投票; n. （节目）重演;重复;重复的事物;
💡 re(again)+peat(to seek)→重复；跟着说；重播
"Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam."
电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话,令人厌烦.
近义：ingeminate, iterate, overemphasize, pound, reaffirm, redo
member ['mɛmbɚ] 词频1
n. 成员;分子;身体部位（尤指胳膊或腿）;构件，部件;
"a card-carrying member of the Conservative party"
保守党正式党员
近义：insider, integrant, associate, attache, supporter, copartner 反义：nonmember

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"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed."
"The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up."
"A patriot is mocked, scorned and hated; yet when his cause succeeds, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
"The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot."
"I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way."
"I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want."
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