Nothing in our culture, not even home computers, is more overrated than the epidermal felicity of two featherless bipeds in desperate congress.
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n. 文化;[生物学]（微生物等的）培养;修养;养殖;
vt. 培植，培养;
💡 cult耕种，培养+ure抽象名词→[对心灵的]培养→人类文化
"the otherness of an alien culture"
异域文化的不同情调
近义：incubate, breed, cultivate, hatch, socialize, civilise
反义：philistinism, barbarism, roughness
adj. 绝望的;由绝望而引起的;铤而走险的，孤注一掷的;急切的，极度渴望的;
💡 de去掉+sper希望+ate动词后缀→去掉希望→绝望的
"The prisoners grew increasingly desperate."
犯人因绝望而越来越胆大妄为。
近义：hopeless, overcome, despairful, despairing, despondent, excessive
反义：idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
n. 国会;代表大会;（用于某些国家的政党名称）国民大会;社交;
vi. 开会，集合;
💡 con共同+gress行走→走到一起→代表大会
"But Congress is in a dangerously fretful mood."
但国会存在一种危险的焦躁情绪。
近义：assembly, meeting, conference, convention, convocation
n. 家;家庭;家庭生活;终点;
adj. 家庭的;家用的;本地的;本部的;
adv. 在家;在家乡;深深地;深入地;
vi. 回家;有家;朝向;自动导航;
vt. 把…送回家;送…回家;给…提供住处;使有安身之处;
"a range of furnishings and accessories for the home"
各种各样的家居装饰物及配件
近义：house, lodging, quarter, residence, seat, gaff
overrated
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v. 对（质量、能力等）估价过高( overrate的过去式和过去分词 )
近义：overbought, overprized, overvalued, overestimated
n. 快乐, 幸福, 幸运
近义：joy, bliss, blithe, eudaemonia, eudaimonia, gladness
反义：misery, misfortune, sadness, wretchedness, infelicity, discontent