Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he _becomes_ polite.
— Jean Kerr  ·  No category

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animal ['ænɪml] 词频1 词根: anim
n. 动物，兽，牲畜;<俚>家畜，牲口;<俚>畜生（一般的人）;兽性; adj. 动物的;肉体的;肉欲的;
💡 anim生命，精神+al名词后缀→有生命的东西→动物
"I have an allergy to animal hair."
我对动物毛过敏。
近义：beast, crittur, creature, critter, physical, beastly 反义：vegetal
hypocritical [,hɪpə'krɪtɪkl] 词根: hypo
adj. 伪善的;虚伪的;伪善者的;言不由衷的;
💡 hypo 下面，次等 + crit 判断 + ical ...的 → adj. 虚伪的；伪善的
"It's hypocritical to say one thing and do another."
言行不符就是伪善.
近义：hypocrite, pharisaical, prudish, straitlaced, fictitious, inauthentic 反义：honest, aboveboard, ingenuous, innocent, naive, open
eventually [ɪ'vɛntʃuəli] 词频4 词根: 行走
adv. 终于，最后;竟;总归;终究;
💡 eventual最后的+ly 表示方式、程度、状态、“...地” → ad.终于；最后
"Eventually, his anger dissipated."
他的愤怒终于平息了。
近义：sometime, lastly, ultimately, finally
polite [pə'lait] 词频2 词根: 城市
adj. 有礼貌的;有教养的，文雅的;上流社会的;应酬的，客套的;
💡 police(警察）特(t)有polite（礼貌）
"He was quite polite, but he wasn't ready to help me."
他相当有礼貌, 但他并不愿意帮我.
近义：heedful, kind, mannerly, mindful, obliging, attentive 反义：indelicate, uncouth, foulmouthed, discourteous
learns
v. 学习( learn的第三人称单数 ); 学会; 得知; 记住
pretends
v. 假装( pretend的第三人称单数 ); 伪装; （尤指儿童）（在游戏中）装扮; 自诩

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"The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible."
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"I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?"
"I don't want to see the uncut version of anything."
"I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me they are wonderful things for other people to go on."
"Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so they can make the best of them."
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