The need of exercise is a modern superstition, invented by people who ate too much and had nothing to think about.
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n. 练习;运动，训练;运用;典礼;
vi. 锻炼，训练，练习;
vt. 锻炼（身体某部位）;使焦虑，使忧虑;实行，发挥（作用）;运用;
💡 ex出+erc力量+ise表名词，物品，状态 →练习，锻炼
"You should exercise extreme caution when driving in fog."
在雾中开车要极为小心.
近义：profess, wield, practice, practise, qualify, train
n. 迷信;迷信行为;<古>邪教;
💡 super在…上面+stit站+ion名词后缀→站在人理智之上的东西→迷信
"According to superstition, breaking a mirror brings bad luck."
按照迷信的说法，摔碎镜子会带来噩运。
近义：fetichism
反义：incertitude, incredulity, mistrust, scepsis, scepticism, unbelief
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
adj. 现代的;近代的;新式的;当代风格的;
n. 现代人，现代主义者;时髦人士;[印]现代字体，指印刷中所用的一种字体;
💡 音“摩登
"The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world."
很多人认为君主制在现代世界不合时宜。
近义：mod, new, newfangled, novel, recent, unworn
vt. 想;思索;以为;看待;
vi. 思辩;考虑;构想;回忆;
adj. 深思的;供思考的;
n. 想;想法;
💡 深刻(谐音):深刻的思 想 我在想（think）该如何感谢（thank）他们
"They'll think you're being antisocial if you don't go."
要是你不去，他们就会认为你不合群。
近义：imagine, meditate, mull, perpend, ponder, ratiocinate
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"LITIGATION, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage."
— Ambrose Bierce