If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no-one dares criticize it.
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n. （電子）計算機，電腦;
?? com一起+put認為，思考+er表名詞，物 → 幫助一起思考的機器 → 計算機
"The memory expansion cards are useful adjuncts to the computer."
內存擴充卡是計算機很有用的附件。
近義：software, computational, computing
adj. 昂貴的，花錢多的;豪華的;
?? ex出+pens花費+ive形容詞后綴→要花錢的→昂貴的
"The two liars asked for more expensive silk."
兩個騙子索要了很多昂貴的絲綢。
近義：pricey, costly, dear
反義：inexpensive, knockdown, downscale, downmarket, cheaply
n. 機器，機械;機械般的人;核心;
vt. 用機器制造，用機器加工;
vi. 被機器切削;
?? mach機器+ine表名詞 → 機器
"I called several times, but only got the answering machine."
我打了幾次電話，但只有電話答錄機答話。
近義：system, setup, engine, machinery, hardware, lathe
vt.& vi. 分析，評估;批評;挑剔;
?? cris-, crit-, cri- judge,discern,表示”判斷,分辨”
"You were quite right to criticize him."
你批評他批評得很對。
近義：attack, recuse, reproach, batter, hammer, censure
反義：apotheosize, honor, hurrah, applaud, laud, magnify
n. 愚蠢的舉動, 無聊的小玩意
近義：hogwash, hooey, horseshit, humbug, muddleheadedness, nonsense
somehow
['s?mha?]
adv. 以某種方式，用某種方法;<非正>不知怎么地，不知道怎樣，不曉得什么緣故;設法，想辦法，想個方法;莫明其妙地;
?? some+how: 不知怎么搞的
"Somehow we kept the boat afloat."
我們想辦法使船沒有下沉。
近義：kinda, someway, someways, somewhat