PILLORY, n. A mechanical device for inflicting personal distinction -- prototype of the modern newspaper conducted by persons of austere virtues and blameless lives.
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adj. 机械的，机械学的;呆板的;体力的;手工操作的;
💡 mechan(machine)+ical(形容词后缀)→机械的；呆板的
"His mechanical calculating engines were the antecedents of the modern computer."
他的机械计算机是现代电子计算机的雏形.
近义：automatic, perfunctory, robot, robotic, rote, unconscious
反义：craft, hand, handy
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. 个人的，私人的;身体的;亲自的;人身攻击的;
n. （报刊上的）人事栏，分类人事广告版;人称代名词;关于个人的简讯;
💡 person人+al...的 →个人的
"Her sole aim is personal aggrandizement."
她唯一的目的就是扩大个人权势。
近义：private, privy, cozy, cosy, cosey, cozie
反义：open, overt, patent, communal, cold, glassy
n. 区别;荣誉;特质;卓越;
💡 distinct明显的+ion表名词 → 区别；优秀
"We must draw a clear distinction between right and wrong."
我们必须明确区分是与非.
近义：title, cachet, elegance, excellence, unlikeness, difference
反义：impoliteness, indecency, obscenity, roughness, rudeness, uncouthness
n. 原型，雏形，蓝本;
💡 proto原始+type种类→原始模式→原型
"Metal - wheeled chariots are the prototype of the tanks of modern warfare."
金属轮战车是现代战争中坦克的原型.
近义：archetype, model, mold, original, paradigm, pattern
n. 报纸，报;旧报纸;新闻纸;
💡 news新闻+paper纸 → 报纸
"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：journal, paper, periodical, gazette, newsprint