Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
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n. 试验;考验;测验;化验;
vt. 测验;考查;考验;勘探;
vi. 受试验;受测验;受考验;测得结果;
💡 test =test,tuitness,表示”测试,证据”
"I completed the test within the time allotted ."
我在限定的时间内完成了试验。
近义：inspect, investigate, assay, overhaul, probe, sample
反义：invent, noodle, vamp, adlib, extemporise, extemporize
n. 重力;万有引力，地心引力;重要性，严重性;严肃，庄重;
💡 grav重+ity名词后缀 → 庄重；地心吸力
"Newton's law of gravity"
牛顿万有引力定律
近义：ponderosity, seriousness, circumspection, gravitation, importance, severity
反义：skittishness, superficiality, trifling, triviality, lightness, flippancy
n. 主题，话题;学科，科目;[哲]主观;
adj. 须服从…的;（在君主等）统治下的;
v. 提供，提出;使…隶属;
💡 sub在…下面+ject投掷，扔→扔下去→服从的，扔下去让大家讨论的主题 → 主题，主观；服从的
"She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father."
她正在为不得不向父亲提出钱的事犯愁。
近义：overpower, subdue, subjugate, submit, subordinate, tyrannize
反义：loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate
adj. 可疑的;猜疑的，怀疑的;多疑的，不信任的;多心;
💡 su=sus下面+spic看+ious...的 → (偷偷地)在下面看 → 猜疑的
"They became suspicious of his behaviour and contacted the police."
他们开始觉得他行为可疑，便报了警。
近义：shady, suspect, leery, malicious, mistrustful, uneasy
反义：ingenuous, artless, naif, naive, simplehearted, simpleminded
n. 检查;考试;询问，审问;
💡 examin检查 + ation 过程、结果 → n.考试；检查，细查
"Teachers always judge their students on the final examination."
老师常根据期末考试来评价他们的学生.
近义：paper, quiz, test, exam, inspection, investigation
adj. 虚伪的;不正的，非法的;假造的，摹造的;临时的;
adv. 欺诈地;叛卖地;
💡 fals(deceive)+e→错的；欺骗的；假的；不实的
"A whale is a fish. True or false?"
鲸鱼是鱼，对还是错？
近义：illegitimate, imitation, artificial, mock, phoney, phony
反义：irrefutable, lawful, legal, legit, legitimate, original