No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating.
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n. 保護,保衛(wèi);防護措施;安全設(shè)施;
vt. 保護,保衛(wèi);防護;
?? safe安全的+guard保護 → 保護,維護
"to safeguard a person's interests"
維護某人的利益
近義:protect, secure, shield, ward, forefend, defend
反義:helplessness, defencelessness, defenselessness, dereliction, desolation, abandonment
prep. 反對;對…不利;緊靠;以防;
?? gain =against (反對)#詞根助記:反對
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票贊成,五人反對,兩人棄權(quán)。
近義:athwart, agin
n. 決心;決定,確定;[物]測定,計算;
?? de使成...+termin界限 +ation表名詞 →決定
"Contemporary accounts attest to his courage and determination."
當時的報道證實了他的勇氣和決心。
近義:resolution, resolve, disposition, insistence, persistence, tenacity
反義:hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, irresolution, mutability, unsteadiness
adj. 迷人的,有極大吸引力的;使人神魂顛倒的;
v. 使…陶醉(fascinate的ing形式);
?? fascinat=fascinate使…入迷+ing使...的 →迷人的
"His life story is recounted in two fascinating volumes of autobiography."
這兩卷引人入勝的自傳小說詳述了他的生平.
近義:arresting, absorbing, obsessive, riveting, spellbinding, winning
反義:horrible, ignoble, low, lowly, mean, nasty
n. [樂]音階,度;[數(shù)]度,度數(shù);程度;學位;
?? 的哥”(諧音)要有 學位才能上崗
"a degree in biology"
生物學學位
近義:graduate, level, proportion, extent, title, qualification
dullness
[['d?lnis]]
[醫(yī)] 遲鈍, 濁音
近義:heaviness, jejuneness, sogginess, tiresomeness, wearisomeness, jejunity
反義:lightness, limpidity, splendor, brightness, brilliance, clarity