The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency.
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n. 習(xí)慣，習(xí)性;氣質(zhì);宗教服裝;
vt. 給…穿衣服;打扮;
?? habit表示居住 → 久居 → 習(xí)慣；習(xí)性
"He was not in the habit of ogling women."
他沒有盯著女人看個(gè)沒完的習(xí)慣。
近義：practice, prevalence, routine, tradition, usage, usance
反義：oblivion, obsolescence, obsoleteness, desuetude
adj. 連續(xù)的;延伸的;綿;聯(lián)綿;
?? con全部+tinu握住+ous多...的 →連續(xù)不斷的
"She was in continuous employment until the age of sixty-five."
她連續(xù)不斷地受雇于人，一直工作到六十五歲。
近義：indiscrete, incessant, assiduous, steady, successive, sustained
反義：intercadent, intermittent, uncontinuous, broken, faltering
n. 癥狀;征兆;
?? pto 表”下垂”;尸體
"Was the noise a cause of the illness, or were the complaints about noise merely a symptom?"
噪音是病因呢, 還是對(duì)噪音的抱怨僅僅是一種癥狀 呢 ?
近義：syndrome, indication, indicator, signal, spar, clue
n. 缺乏，不足;缺點(diǎn)，缺陷;不足額;
?? de不+fic做+iency表名詞→做得不夠→ 缺陷
"During the war children suffered from a deficiency of food."
戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)期間孩子們?cè)馐苋狈κ澄镏?
近義：inadequacy, inefficiency, insufficiency, absence, lack, scarceness
反義：lavishness, lot, luxuriance, luxuriancy, overabundance, plentifulness
adj. 內(nèi)心的，精神的，思想的，心理的;智慧的，智[腦]力的;〈口〉精神病的，意志薄弱的，愚笨的;
n. 精神病患者;
?? ment思考，神智+al表形容詞 → 智力的；精神的
"Mental and physical deterioration both occur naturally with age."
隨著年齡的增長,心智和體力自然衰退.
adj. 普通的;通俗的;[數(shù)學(xué)]公共的;共有的;
n. [法律]（對(duì)土地、水域的）共有權(quán);公共用地;普通;平民;
?? 共同(com)在月光(mon-moon)下， 共有的
"We have lots of things in common besides music."
除了音樂，我們還有很多共通點(diǎn)。
近義：popular, mundane, ordinary, average, plain, commonplace
反義：irreplaceable, matchless, outstanding, peculiar, single, sole