is a mass of detailed behaviour more astonishing than what any one person can ever evolve in individual actions, no matter how aberrant.
是由許多細(xì)節(jié)性的習(xí)慣行為組成，它比任何個人養(yǎng)成的行為都更加引人注目，不管個人行為多么異常。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 44 Patterns of culture
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 人;（語法）人稱;身體;容貌;
?? person-, parson- 表”人類”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看見前面提到的那個人行動可疑。
近義：individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter
反義：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
vt. 使發(fā)展;使進(jìn)化;設(shè)計，制訂出;發(fā)出，散發(fā);
vi. 發(fā)展;[生]通過進(jìn)化進(jìn)程發(fā)展或發(fā)生;
?? e出+volve旋轉(zhuǎn)，卷→轉(zhuǎn)出來→使發(fā)展，使進(jìn)化
"We can evolve the truth from a mass of confused evidence."
我們可以從龐雜的證據(jù)中推斷事實真相.
近義：progress, unfold, develop, emerge, gestate, cultivate
反義：regress, retrogress
adj. 個人的;獨特的;個別的;
n. 個人;個體;
?? in加強+di分開+vid分開+ual...的→與別人分開的→個人的，個體的
"Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job."
一旦就業(yè)，即停發(fā)福利救濟。
近義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
反義：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
n. 大量，大多;塊，堆，團(tuán);[物理學(xué)]質(zhì)量;彌撒曲;
vt.& vi. （使）集中，聚集;
adj. 群眾的;大規(guī)模的;整個的;集中的;
vi. 聚集起來;
vt. 使集合;
?? 馬(m)和驢(ass) 大量 集合 一 團(tuán)亂麻(ma)，絲絲(ss)相連
"an amorphous mass of cells with no identity at all"
不知何物的雜亂一團(tuán)的細(xì)胞
近義：mob, multitude, squeeze, throng, crowd, weightiness
adj. 詳細(xì)的，明細(xì)的;精細(xì)的;復(fù)雜的;詳盡的;
v. 詳細(xì)說明(detail的過去分詞);
"His efforts involved thought experiments and analogies, rather than detailed experimentation."
他所進(jìn)行的是思維實驗及類推, 而不是細(xì)致的實驗.
近義：itemized, minute, painstaking, particular, particularized, pernickety
反義：endemic