If the aborigine drafted an IQ test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it.
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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
adj. 西方的;欧美的;
n. 西部电影，西部小说;西方人;
💡 west西方+ern...方向的 →西方的
"a country and western singer"
乡村与西部音乐歌手
近义：westerner, occidental, west, westerly
反义：oriental, east, easterly, eastern
n. 文明，文化;开化，教化;修养;文明社会;
💡 civil市民；礼貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明，文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
近义：humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
adv. 据推测;大概;可能;想来;
"No reply from him yet; presumably he hasn't received my letter."
他没有回信, 想必没有收到我的信.
近义：likely, possibly, presumedly, probably, supposedly, surely
反义：indeed, indubitably, inevitably, infallibly, assuredly, absolutely
flunk
[flʌŋk]
vt.& vi. <美><口>;（使）（考试、某学科的成绩等）不及格;
vt. 评定（某人）不及格;（因不及格而） 退学;
"He didn't flunk out, but his record isn't so hot."
他没有不及格, 但成绩很一般.
近义：miscarry, bomb, bungle, fail, fizzle, flop
反义：qualify