But people are often reproached for unpunctuality when their only fault is cutting things fine.
但有些人不準時常常因為掐鐘點所致，
新概念英語第三冊 Lesson 60 Too early and too late

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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
fault [f?lt] 詞頻1 詞根: fals
n. 缺點，缺陷;過錯，責任;[電]故障;（獵狗的）失去嗅跡; vt. 挑剔，找…的缺點;批評;做錯，在…中出錯;[地質學]產生斷層; vi. 找錯誤，挑剔;[地質學]變動從而產生斷層;
?? fault=fal錯 → 過失，缺點
"A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon."
不能寬恕故意犯下的錯誤.
近義：rift, shift, break, fracture, faulting, recuse 反義：indulgence, pardon, purge, remit, resolve, spare
fine [fa?n] 詞頻1 詞根: fin
adj. 好的，上等的;纖細的，精致的;健康的;晴朗的; n. 罰款;[音樂]終止;晴天;地租; vt. 罰款;澄清; adv. 很好地;巧妙地;
?? fin =end,boundary,表示”結束,范圍”#詞根助記：拉丁語 finis 邊界 -> 頂點 -> fin 法語 最好的 -> 好的
"That's a fine horse, I couldn't get a better in a hurry."
這是一匹駿馬, 我一時難以找到比它更好的.
近義：subtle, elaborate, perfect, purify, refine, assess 反義：abrasive, asperous, rasping, raspy, rough, rugose
often ['?f(t?)n] 詞頻1
adv. 常常;經常;時常;再三;
?? 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 經常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes 反義：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
cutting [['k?ti?]]
n. 切斷, 切下, 路塹\\n[化] 切屑
近義：snippet, clipping, snip, trimming, clip, trim 反義：innocuous, offenceless, safe, unoffending, benign, harmless

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