Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
📚 名句词汇解析
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adj. 亲密的,亲近的;私人的,个人的;内部的;直接的;
n. 至交;密友;
v. 暗示,提示;宣布,通知;
💡 intim内心的+ate...的 → 内心的 → 亲近的;不说出口的 → 亲密的 暗示
"We're not on intimate terms with our neighbours."
我们和邻居来往不多。
近义:hint, imply, insinuate, mean, propose, purport
反义:break, isolated, outlying, remote, removed, retired
adj. 有礼貌的;有教养的,文雅的;上流社会的;应酬的,客套的;
💡 police(警察)特(t)有polite(礼貌)
"He was quite polite, but he wasn't ready to help me."
他相当有礼貌, 但他并不愿意帮我.
近义:heedful, kind, mannerly, mindful, obliging, attentive
反义:indelicate, uncouth, foulmouthed, discourteous
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"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."