Automatic simply means that you can't repair it yourself.
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adj. 自动的;不假思索的,无意识的;必然发生的;
n. 自动化机器或设备;自动手枪;
💡 autom=auto,autom自动+atic有...性质的 → 自动的;机械的
"You will get an automatic increase in pay every year."
你每年一定有一次加薪.
近义:mechanical, auto, automatical, robot, perfunctory, reflex
反义:craft, hand, handy
adv. 简单地,朴素地;(引出概括或解释)不过,仅仅;简直;<非正>实在;
💡 sim一次 + ply 折叠 →折一次 → ad.简单地;朴素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
这架时钟纯属摆设,它再也不走了。
近义:just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反义:elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
vt. 修理;纠正;恢复;弥补;
n. 修理;修理工作;维修状态;经修理的东西;
💡 re再+pair回到最初状态 →重新回复正常→修理
"The fore end tube plate of the condenser has cracked beyond repair."
冷凝器前端破裂得无法修理了.
近义:mend, patch, refit, refurbish, rehabilitate, remodel
反义:impair, disarrange, disorder, ruin, hurt, impairment
pron. 你自己;(用以加强语气)亲自;你的正常或健康的情况;
💡 your你的+self自己 → 你自己
"De-stress yourself with a relaxing bath."
舒舒服服洗个澡放松一下。
近义:herself, himself, itself, oneself, themselves, thyself
n. 方法( mean的名词复数);手段;收入;财富;
v. 意味着( mean的第三人称单数);引起;打算或注定要某人成为或做某事;
"The inquiry is by no means cut and dried."
调查之事远未盖棺定论。
近义:approach, manner, method, mode, process, strategy