It took me twenty years of studied self-restraint, aided by the natural decay of my faculties, to make myself dull enough to be accepted as a serious person by the British public.
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n. 抑制，克制;控制，限制;拘束;约束力;
💡 re(back)+straint(draw tight)→抑制；监禁
"She exercised all her self-restraint and kept quiet."
她好不容易才忍住没说话。
近义：measuredness, moderation, abstinence, privation, reasonableness, repression
反义：immoderation, licentiousness, orgy, unbridling, unleashing, unrestrainedness
adj. 自然的;物质的;天生的;不做作的;
n. 自然的事情;（生来的）白痴;[乐]（风琴等的）白键;
💡 natur=nature自然+al...的 →自然（界）的
"She showed a natural aptitude for the work."
她表现出了做这工作的天赋。
近义：inherent, lifelike, unaffected, native, raw, unprocessed
反义：hypothetical, illusional, illusionary, illusive, illusory, imaginative
vt.& vi. （使）腐烂，腐朽;
vi. 衰败，衰退，衰落;
n. 腐败、衰退的状态;
💡 de向下+cay落下→向下掉→衰退;腐败
"The decay of the meat could have been prevented by proper refrigeration."
如果经过适当的冷藏,这些肉本来不至于腐烂掉.
近义：molder, putrefy, putresce, rot, spoil, taint
n. 人;（语法）人称;身体;容貌;
💡 person-, parson- 表”人类”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看见前面提到的那个人行动可疑。
近义：individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter
反义：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
adj. 公众的，公共的;公开的;政府的;人人知道的，知名的;
n. 大众;社会;公共场所;（文学家等的）爱读者;
💡 publ人民+ic...的 → 公开的，公众的
"The public are requested not to throw waste paper in the park."
公众被要求不得在公园里乱扔废纸.
近义：assistance, attendance, audience, turnout, concurrence, concurrency
反义：participator, plaintiff, sharer, actor, inside, noteworthy
n. 二十，二十个;二十多岁;二十年代;许多，大量;
num. 二十;
adj. 二十的;
💡 twen=two二+ty十 → 二十
"The farmer picked twenty pears."
农民摘掉了二十个梨子。