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illiterate [ɪ'lɪtərət] 词频5 词根: il
adj. 目不识丁的，文盲的; n. 目不识丁者;文盲;无知;
💡 il不，无+literate认字的→不识字的
"There 50 percent or more of the population is illiterate."
那里50%或更多的群众是文盲.
近义：ignorant, uncouth, uncultured, uneducated, unknowledgeable, unlearned 反义：highbrow, informed, knowing, knowledgeable, lettered, literate
truthful ['tru:θfəl] 词频5
adj. 说实话的，真实的;诚实的，老实的;
"They were less than truthful about their part in the crime."
他们对自己在这次犯罪中所起的作用讲的绝非实情。
近义：honest, aboveboard, open, openhearted, outspoken, real 反义：illegitimate, imitation, artificial, mock, phoney, phony
dumb [dʌm] 词频2
adj. 哑的，无说话能力的;不说话的，无声的;沉默的，无言的;口齿不清的，（在政府中）无代言人的，政治上无发言权的;
💡 哑的读(du)某(m)本(b)书？ 网友： 补充：du（读）mb（明白）：明白了事情的真相，气得说不出来话－－无言的 网友：yqy 补充：哑（dumb）“大母”
"She was born deaf and dumb ."
她天生又聋又哑。
近义：idiot, idiotic, inane, asinine, moronic, nitwitted 反义：logical, astute, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, practical

📜 Ambrose Bierce 的更多名言

"ORTHODOX, n. An ox wearing the popular religious joke."
"MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government."
"MINSTREL, adj. Formerly a poet, singer or musician; now a nigger with a color less than skin deep and a humor more than flesh and blood can bear."
"LITIGANT, n. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones."
"RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas."
"REASON, n. Propensitate of prejudice."
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🏷 更多「No category」名言

"The greatest productive force is human selfishness."
— Unknown
"It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them."
— Dame Rose Macaulay
"Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy."
— Hippocrates
"I have seen the hippopotamus, both asleep and awake; and I can assure you that, awake or asleep, he is the ugliest of the works of God."
— Thomas Babington Macaulay
"PREVARICATOR, n. A liar in the caterpillar estate."
— Ambrose Bierce
"At high tide fish eat ants; at low tide ants eat fish."
— Thai Proverb
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