The phrases that men hear or repeat continually, end by becoming convictions and ossify the organs of intelligence.
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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
ossify
['ɑsɪfaɪ]
vt.& vi. 骨化，硬化，使僵化;
💡 oss骨头+ify...化 → 钙化，僵化
"It is easy for the mind to ossify."
脑筋是易于僵化的.
近义：lignify, petrify, fossilize, anchylose
n. 智力;聪颖;情报;情报机构;
💡 intel在…中间+lig选择，收集+ence名词后缀→从中选出好的→智力
"She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence."
她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足.
近义：aptness, intellect, invention, argument, knack, mentality
vt.& vi. 听到，听见;
vt. 听说;得知;听取;审理;
vi. 听;听见;
💡 h(身体两侧)+ear(耳朵):身体两侧能 听见
"I could hear him bumbling around in the kitchen."
我听得见他在厨房里瞎折腾。
近义：listen, overhear, hearken, hark, harken
adv. 不停地;持续地;屡屡地;一再地;
"The other kids continually taunted him about his size."
其他孩子不断地耻笑他的个头儿。
近义：incessantly, permanently, perpetually, steadily, unceasingly, ceaselessly
反义：occasionally, rarely, seldom, sporadically
becoming
[[bi'kʌmiŋ]]
a. 合适的, 适当的
近义：ideal, appropriate, apt, pat, perfect, proper
反义：improper, inappropriate, inconvenient, indecorous, inelegant, undue