PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility.
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n. 消遣，娱乐;
💡 pas=pass度过+time时间 → 消遣
"Playing chess is his favourite pastime."
下棋是他最喜爱的消遣.
近义：hobby, avocation, recreation, entertainment, amusement, game
n. 装置，设备;方法;策略;手段;
💡 de(dis-=apart)+vice(see)→发明物；图案；策略
"Players use a haptic device such as a joystick to control the game."
游戏者用游戏杆之类的触觉设备玩游戏。
近义：motto, apparatus, appliance, implement, jigger, artefact
adj. 温和的;文雅的;高尚的;
vt. 使温和;使驯服;
n. 蛆;饵;
💡 gen “出生,种族”#词根助记：gen+tle→出身好的→高雅的
"a quiet and gentle man"
温文尔雅的男士
近义：master, tame, break, domesticate, mellow, mild
反义：impolitic, inconsiderate, loutish, randy, rank, raw
n. 练习;运动，训练;运用;典礼;
vi. 锻炼，训练，练习;
vt. 锻炼（身体某部位）;使焦虑，使忧虑;实行，发挥（作用）;运用;
💡 ex出+erc力量+ise表名词，物品，状态 →练习，锻炼
"You should exercise extreme caution when driving in fog."
在雾中开车要极为小心.
近义：profess, wield, practice, practise, qualify, train
adj. 智力的;有才智的;需用智力的;智力发达的;
n. 知识分子;脑力劳动者;有极高智力的人;凭理智（而非感情）办事的人;
💡 intellect智力+ual...的→ 智力的
"Some Americans see Oxford as an intellectual Disneyland."
一些美国人把牛津视为知识分子的乐园。
近义：highbrow, literatus, scholar, longhair, egghead
反义：ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninstructed
dejection
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n. 沮丧, 粪便\\n[医] 排泄物, 粪便, 排粪, 沮丧
近义：heartsickness, lassitude, malism, melancholy, mournfulness, prostration
反义：appeasement, mollification, pacification, pacifying, placation, propitiation