It's silly to go on pretending that under the skin we are all brothers. The truth is more likely that under the skin we are all cannibals, assassins, traitors, liars, hypocrites, poltroons.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 真理;真相，事实;忠实，忠诚;现实，现实性;
💡 tru相信，真实+th抽象名词 →事实，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反义：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
adj. 可能的;适合的;有希望的;
adv. 可能;或许;大概;多半;
💡 like可能 + ly...的\/地 → a.可能的 ad.很可能
"Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble."
这种糕饼用米粉做不那么容易碎。
近义：inclined, apt, liable, ostensible, plausible, possible
反义：imaginary, implausible, improbable, unbelievable, uncertain, utopical
adj. 蠢的;糊涂的;不明事理的;没头脑的;
n. （常用于向孩子指出其愚蠢行为）傻孩子，淘气鬼;傻子，蠢货;
💡 稀里（谐音):稀里 胡涂 傻的人认“死理”（谐音）
"That was a silly thing to do !"
那事做得蠢！
近义：idiot, imbecile, ass, ninny, nit, noodle
反义：ingenious, intelligent, inventive, argute, knowing, astute
prep. 在…下面，在表面之下;在…的假定表面或掩饰下;少于，小于;在…情况下;
adv. 在下面;少于;在水下;在昏迷中;
adj. 较低的，下面的;
"The admiral visited the ships under his command."
舰队司令视察了他所统率的军舰。
近义：underneath, below, beneath
反义：above, over, up, atop, onto, upon
n. 皮，皮肤;（蔬菜，水果等）外皮;毛皮;
vt. 剥皮，削皮;擦破皮，擦伤;欺骗;
vi. 使愈合，长皮;
adj. <俚>色情的;
"The cream is easily absorbed into the skin."
这种乳霜皮肤易吸收。
近义：peel, flense, flench, flinch, excoriate, flay
反义：implant, graft
v. 假装；伪装（pretend的现在分词）
近义：playacting, pretence, pretense, simulation, disguising, dissimulation