The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.
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n. 艺术家;画家;能手;骗子;
💡 art艺术+ist表示从事某种职业的人→艺术家，画家
"He is considered the foremost British artist of this century."
他被认为是本世纪英国第一流的艺术家.
近义：longhair, artiste, showman, entertainer, performer, soloist
vt. 逮捕，拘捕;止住，阻止，抑制;吸引（注意）;
vi. 心跳停止;
n. 拘留;停止，阻止;制动（装置）;
💡 ar一再+rest休息→不让动→逮捕，阻止
"to be under house arrest"
遭到软禁
近义：immure, imprison, apprehend, incarcerate, nab, capture
反义：release, unlock, free, independence, liberty, autocracy
adj. 人造的;人工的;虚假的，非原产地的;人为的;
n. 人造肥料;<美>假花;
💡 artific技巧+ial形容词后缀→用技巧做出的→人工的；矫揉造作的
"AID or artificial insemination by a donor"
他精人工授精
近义：made, manmade, manufactured, synthetic, synthetical, illegitimate
反义：native, raw, unprocessed, unrefined, crude, legitimate
adj. 固定的，不变的;不易挥发的;处境…的，常作复合词;（比赛等）通过作弊预先安排好结果的;
v. 固定( fix的过去式和过去分词);
💡 fix固定+ed被...的 →被固定的
"the expiry of a fixed-term contract"
定期合同的满期
近义：irremovable, nailed, pinned, secured, set, standing
反义：astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
n. 陌生人，不认识的人;外地人;局外人;门外汉;
adj. 不熟悉的，陌生的(strange)的比较级;
💡 strang陌生的+er人→陌生人；新来者
"She was accosted in the street by a complete stranger."
在街上，一个完全陌生的人贸然走到她跟前搭讪。
近义：outlander, outsider, auslander, tramontane, alien, foreigner
反义：relation, acquaintant, indian, aborigine, creole, local
n. 运动;手势;动机，意向;请求;
vt. 打手势;向某人点头或摇头示意;打手势要求[指示];
vi. 运动;打手势;
💡 mot(运动)+ion(名缀): 运动
"Newton's laws of motion"
牛顿的运动定律
近义：insinuate, suggest, signal, movement, action, activity