POLYGAMY, n. A house of atonement, or expiatory chapel, fitted with several stools of repentance, as distinguished from monogamy, which has but one.
— Ambrose Bierce  ·  No category

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distinguished [dis'tiŋɡwiʃt] 词频3 词根: sting
adj. 卓越的;著名的;受人尊敬的;显得重要的; v. 辨别，区别( distinguish的过去式和过去分词);突出;区别(distinguish的过去式);
💡 distinguish区别+ed表形容词→与众不同→著名的
"a distinguished career in medicine"
在医学领域的辉煌生涯
近义：illustrious, appointed, leading, marked, meritorious, outstanding 反义：idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
house [haʊs] 词频1 词根: /hə/
n. 房屋;全家人;（从事某种生意的）公司;（英国）下议院; v. 给…提供住房;收藏;安置;
"a house among the trees"
树林中的一座房子
近义：host, keep, lodge, quarter, shelter, accommodate 反义：oust, out, expel, deport, dispossess, exile
atonement [[ə'təunmənt]]
n. 赎罪, 补偿\\n[法] 补偿, 赎回, 赎罪
近义：purgation, rapprochement, reconcilement, reconciliation, redemption, expiation
chapel ['tʃæpl] 词频2 词根: ch-
n. 小教堂，附属教堂;（在小教堂和附属礼拜堂举行的）礼拜仪式;特殊小房间;<美>殡仪馆;
"She always went to chapel on Sundays."
她总是在星期天去教堂做礼拜。
近义：printery, printshop, printer's, protestant, sectarian, oratory
fitted [['fitid]]
a. [表]配备的, 放在合适地位的\\n[计] 拟定的
近义：integrated, qualified, adapted, conditioned, appropriate, apt
several ['sɛvrəl] 词频1 词根: se
adj. 几个的;专有的;各自的;分别的; pron. 几个，数个;一些;
💡 七（seven）块肉?一共（al=all）花了 几个钱 七根(seve-seven)铁轨(ral-rail) 几个人抬 网友：马 胜 敏 补充：1：色彩（se）
"Several new members have come into the club since last year."
自去年以来,又有些新成员加入了俱乐部.
近义：manifold, many, some, various, divers

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"Success is the one unpardonable sin against one's fellows."
"Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be."
"OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the splendor and stress of our advocacy. The popular type and exponent of obstinacy is the mule, a most intelligent animal."
"ENCOMIAST, n. A special (but not particular) kind of liar."
"LITIGANT, n. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones."
"KORAN, n. A book which the Mohammedans foolishly believe to have been written by divine inspiration, but which Christians know to be a wicked imposture, contradictory to the Holy Scriptures."
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