The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them we are missing.
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n. 天才;天赋;天才人物;(特别的)才能;
💡 geni出生,产生+us用→生出[就有]→天才
"the genius of Shakespeare"
莎士比亚的天才
近义:sage, savant, intellect, intelligence, invention, knack
反义:idiocy, imbecility, inanity, asininity, ludicrousness, nonsense
adj. 愚蠢的;迟钝的;乏味的;晕眩的,昏迷不醒的;
n. <口>傻子,笨蛋;
💡 stup笨,麻木+id形容词,“如…的” →笨的
"You stupid little bitch!"
你这个愚蠢的小悍妇!
近义:idiot, imbecile, loggerhead, ass, ninny, nitwit
反义:logical, astute, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, practical
adj. 结构复杂的;混乱的,麻烦的;
v. 使复杂化( complicate的过去式);
💡 com全部+plic重叠+ate表动词+d=ed…的 → complicate全部重叠在一起=复杂+d=ed…的 →复杂的
"The instructions look very complicated."
这说明书看起来很难懂。
近义:difficult, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, muddled
反义:simple, uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, facile
n. 可能,可能性;希望,可能发生的事物;
💡 poss可能+ ibility表名词→ 可能;可能的事
"We cannot rule out that possibility."
我们不能排除那种可能性。
近义:likelihood, opportunity, outlook, potential, potentiality, virtuality
反义:impracticability, inability
adj. 失去的;下落不明的;
v. 错过( miss的现在分词);
💡 miss 表示“丢失”\" + ing [名词后缀],构成抽象名词,表示行为、状态、情况及其他 → a.缺掉的,失去的
"The missing letter had been misfiled."
找不着的那封信放错地方了。
近义:absent, lost, astray, mislaid, stray, departed
反义:coexistent, contemporary, current, existent, left, leftover
adj. 清楚的,明白的;清晰的,明亮的;清澈的;明确的;
adv. 完全地;清晰地;整整;
vi. 变明朗;变清澈;
vt. 扫除,除去;消除(嫌疑);使清楚;使干净;
n. 空隙,空间;
💡 可里耶(谐音):可看见里面耶,表明是 清晰的
"The morning dawned fresh and clear after the storm at night."
夜里暴风雨过后,拂晓清新而晴朗.
近义:illuminate, illustrate, rede, resolve, show, solve
反义:jumble, litter, mess, muss, scramble, shuffle