The three dots '...' here suppress a lot of detail -- maybe I should have used four dots.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
vt. 镇压，压制;止住，忍住;禁止发表;阻止…的生长（或发展）;
💡 sup在…下面+press压→压下去→镇压，压制
"He continued to suppress the people and serve the imperialists."
他继续镇压人民,为帝国主义效劳.
近义：hide, omit, abstract, quash, quell, ban
n. 详述;（照片、绘画等的）细部;细目，琐碎;各种细节;
vt. 详述，仔细汇报;选派;清晰地说明;给于细部装饰;
💡 de加强+tail剪，割→不断剪下去→琐事
"It is arguable that giving too much detail may actually be confusing."
过分详细反而使人糊涂的说法是有道理的。
近义：itemize, specify, item, particular, technicality, circumstance
反义：abridge, abstract, shorten, synthesise, synthesize, telescope
adv. 也许;可能;大概;
n. 不确定性;
"Maybe he'll come, maybe he won't."
他可能来，也可能不来。
近义：uncertainty, perchance, perhaps, possibly, probably, haply
反义：indeed, indubitably, inevitably, infallibly, assuredly, absolutely
adj. 用过的;习惯于;二手的;旧的;
v. 使用（ use的过去式和过去分词）;常常，经常;
"Things ain't what they used to be."
现在情况不比从前了。
近义：outworn, worn, utilized, wonted, accustomed
反义：unused, unworn