Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
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adv. 现在，当今;
n. 当今，现在;
💡 nowaday现在+s表副词→现今，当今
"Nowadays most kids prefer watching TV to reading."
现在大多数孩子都喜欢看电视而不喜欢读书。
近义：lately, now, presently, recently, today, currently
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 分类，类别;品质，本性;方法;一群;
vt.& vi. 分类;整顿，整理;适合;
vt. 挑选;把…分类;将…排顺序;
vi. 分类;交往;协调;
💡 sort(kind)→种类；分类；整理；拣选
"You can't see in this light, but my new coat is a sort of brownish colour."
这种光线下你看不清楚，其实我的新外衣带棕色。
近义：arrange, order, organise, organize, pigeonhole, range
反义：jumble, mess, muss, shuffle, tousle, upset
n. 感觉，官能;意识，观念;理性;识别力;
vt. 感到;理解，领会;检测出;
💡 sens(feel)+e(名词后缀)→感官；知觉；意义；判断力；感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
vt. 发现;碰见;撞见;获得知识;
💡 dis相反+cover盖→把盖揭开→发现
"We have to discover his plans and act accordingly."
我们得找出他的计划，照着办。
近义：locate, descry, detect, encounter, find, inquire
adj. 普通的;通俗的;[数学]公共的;共有的;
n. [法律]（对土地、水域的）共有权;公共用地;普通;平民;
💡 共同(com)在月光(mon-moon)下， 共有的
"We have lots of things in common besides music."
除了音乐，我们还有很多共通点。
近义：popular, mundane, ordinary, average, plain, commonplace
反义：irreplaceable, matchless, outstanding, peculiar, single, sole