Many people pretend that they understand modern art.
有很多人裝成很懂現代藝術的樣子,
新概念英語第二冊 Lesson 26 The best art critics

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people ['pipl] 詞頻1 詞根: 公眾
n. 人,人類;居民;人民;種族; vt. 居住于,布滿;使住滿人,在…殖民;把動物放養在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks 反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
pretend [pr?'t?nd] 詞頻2 詞根: pre
vt. 假裝,偽裝;假稱;裝扮; vi. 扮演;自稱;假裝,矯作; adj. 仿制的;
?? pre提前+tend延伸→提前伸出想好借口 → 假裝,借口
"So you don't need to pretend, do you?"
所以你不必裝假了, 對 吧 ?
近義:purport, represent, sham, simulate, dissemble, fake
understand ['?nd?'st?nd] 詞頻1
vt.& vi. 懂,理解; vt. 了解;默認;聽說;領會;
?? under(under)+stand→懂;了解;通曉;認為
"That's just an approximation, you understand."
你知道那僅僅是近似值。
近義:ideate, imagine, apprehend, interpret, assimilate, penetrate 反義:misapprehend, misconstrue, mishear, misinterpret, misrepresent, misread
modern ['m?d?n] 詞頻1 詞根: 模式
adj. 現代的;近代的;新式的;當代風格的; n. 現代人,現代主義者;時髦人士;[印]現代字體,指印刷中所用的一種字體;
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"The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world."
很多人認為君主制在現代世界不合時宜。
近義:mod, new, newfangled, novel, recent, unworn

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