OBSERVATORY, n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their predecessors.
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n. 天文台;气象台;瞭望台;
💡 observ观察+atory场所→天文台
"Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day."
格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次.
近义：lookout, mirador, oriel, overlook, belvedere, gazebo
n. 推测，猜想;设想，揣度;想像;计划;
vt.& vi. 推测，猜想;估量;揣摩;设想;
💡 con共同+ject投掷，扔+ure名词后缀→大家一起扔思想 →推测
"The truth of his conjecture was confirmed by the newspaper report."
新闻报道证明了他的推测果然不假。
近义：assume, premise, presume, regard, suppose, surmise
反义：reconfirm, verify, confirm, corroborate
adv. 离开，远离;在远处;消失;
adj. 不在的;遥远的;客场比赛;
💡 a(on)+broad→在远方；离去；不在
"In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual."
在旅馆里, 这些老人和往常一样喝个不停.
近义：abroad, out, outdoors, outside, without
n. 位;地方;职位;座位;
vt. 放置;获名次;投资;评价;
vi. 得名次;名列前茅;[美国英语][赛马]得第二名;准确把…推到预定地点;
"The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve."
晚会将在除夕那天举行.
近义：lay, locate, marshal, park, posit, position
反义：move, rob, take, budge, tumble, discharge
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"The secrets of this earth are not for all men to see, but only for those who seek them."
— Ayn Rand