The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

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occupation [,ɑkju'peʃən] 词频2 词根: 抓住
n. 职业,工作;占有,占领;(土地、房屋、建筑等的)使用;
💡 oc再次+cup拿,抓,握住+ation表名词 → occup(y)占领+ation表名词 → 占领,占据;职业
"Please state your name, age and occupation below."
请在下面写明姓名、年龄和职业。
近义:housework, job, office, post, profession, pursuit
mankind [mæn'kaɪnd] 词频1
n. 人类;男性,男子;
💡 man人+kind 种类→ n.人类
"the history of mankind"
人类的历史
近义:humanity, humankind, humans, man, civilization
common ['kɑmən] 词频1 词根: 公共
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
believe [bɪ'liv] 词频1
v. 信任;料想;笃信宗教; vt. 相信;以为,认为;对…信以为真;信任;
💡 相信是(be)梨(li)前夜(eve)变的 网友:accountant accountant 补充: belife---believe ife---ieve
"I don't believe you!"
我不相信你的话!
近义:hold, opine, reckon, contend, adjudge, suppose 反义:question, disbelieve, misbelieve, challenge, confute, discredit
passionately [['pæʃənitli]] 词频4
adv. 热情地, 激昂地
近义:heatedly, hotly, impetuously, ardently, jealously, lovingly 反义:impassively, imperturbably, quietly, sedately, stoically, calmly
true [tru] 词频1
adj. 真正的;真实的;忠实的;正确的; adv. 真正地;确实地;正确地;正当地; n. 真理,真实;正,准,精确; vt. 摆正;决定(某物)的位置以使其平衡、平稳或水平;
"A whale is a fish. True or false?"
鲸鱼是鱼,对还是错?
近义:legitimate, original, authentic, real, sterling, truthful 反义:illegitimate, imitation, artificial, mock, phoney, phony

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