To get the attention of a large animal, be it an elephant or a bureaucracy, it helps to know what part of it feels pain. Be very sure, though, that you want its full attention.
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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
n. 動物，獸，牲畜;<俚>家畜，牲口;<俚>畜生（一般的人）;獸性;
adj. 動物的;肉體的;肉欲的;
?? anim生命，精神+al名詞后綴→有生命的東西→動物
"I have an allergy to animal hair."
我對動物毛過敏。
近義：beast, crittur, creature, critter, physical, beastly
反義：vegetal
n. 官僚主義;官僚機構;官僚政治;
?? bureau政府機構+cracy統治 → 官僚政治
"the idiocies of bureaucracy"
官僚體系所為的蠢事
adv. 大大地;夸大地;詳細地;順風地;
adj. 大的;大規模的;大型號的;廣泛的;
v. 玩個痛快;（尤指跳舞和飲酒）作樂;
"The two large classrooms have been assigned to us."
這兩間大教室分配給了我們。
近義：major, sizeable, big, sizable, some, capital
反義：small
n. 象，大象;
?? 大象尾巴上有螞蟻(ant)
"The new office block has become an expensive white elephant."
這座新辦公大樓成了昂貴的擺設。
近義：jumbo
v. 知道;了解;認識;確信;
n. 知情;
?? 知道know的人愛說自己不no知道
"Do you know your ABC?"
你認識所有的字母嗎？
近義：learn, understand, get, cognize, comprehend, meet