True eccentrics never deliberately set out to draw attention to themselves.
真正古怪的人從不有意引人注意。
新概念英語第三冊 Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric

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deliberately [d?'l?b?r?tli] 詞頻3 詞根: 稱重
adv. 故意地;深思熟慮地;從容不迫地;
?? deliberate故意的 + ly ...地→deliberate不是任意而為=故意的+ ly ...地 → 故意地
"She's been deliberately ignoring him all day."
她故意整天都不理他。
近義:apropos, intentionally, knowingly, pointedly, purposefully, purposely 反義:involuntarily, unconsciously, unwillingly, unwittingly
attention [?'t?n??n] 詞頻1 詞根: tend
n. 注意,注意力;照料,關懷;殷勤; int. [口令]立正;
?? at向+tent延伸+ion表名詞 →伸展出去聽別人講 →注意力
"He nodded absently, his attention absorbed by the screen."
他專心注視著屏幕,只是心不在焉地點了點頭。
近義:heedfulness, application, industriousness, intentness, interest, mindfulness 反義:apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, lassitude
themselves [e?m's?lvz] 詞頻1
pron. 他[她,它]們自己;他們親自;“himself”的復數;“herself”的復數;
?? them他們+selves自己的復數 → 他們自己,
"All our officers are trained to defend themselves against knife attacks."
我們所有的警察都接受過自衛訓練,能夠對付持刀襲擊。
近義:herself, himself, itself, oneself, them, yourself
true [tru] 詞頻1
adj. 真正的;真實的;忠實的;正確的; adv. 真正地;確實地;正確地;正當地; n. 真理,真實;正,準,精確; vt. 擺正;決定(某物)的位置以使其平衡、平穩或水平;
"A whale is a fish. True or false?"
鯨魚是魚,對還是錯?
近義:legitimate, original, authentic, real, sterling, truthful 反義:illegitimate, imitation, artificial, mock, phoney, phony
draw [dr?] 詞頻1 詞根: dr-
vt.& vi. 繪畫;拖,拉;招致;吸引; vt. 畫;拉;吸引; vi. 移動;拔出劍;皺縮;汲取; n. 平局;抽獎;
?? 形碼:dr-a-w:博士(dr)畫了一(a)張翅膀(w)
"It was hard to draw clear lines of demarcation between work and leisure."
在工作和閑暇之間很難劃出明確的界限。
近義:outline, paint, pencil, represent, scribe, sketch 反義:deposit, rebuff, reject, repel, repulse, hunch

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