Men of genius are often dull and inert in society, as a blazing meteor when it descends to earth, is only a stone.
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n. 天才;天賦;天才人物;（特別的）才能;
?? geni出生，產生+us用→生出[就有]→天才
"the genius of Shakespeare"
莎士比亞的天才
近義：sage, savant, intellect, intelligence, invention, knack
反義：idiocy, imbecility, inanity, asininity, ludicrousness, nonsense
n. 社會;上流社會;社團;社群;
adj. 上流社會的，社交界的;
?? socie=social社會+ty表名詞 → 社會，社團
"Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society."
文明社會憎惡種族主義。
近義：aristoi, community, institution, merging, partnership, brotherhood
反義：personhood, self, selfhood, distinctiveness, individual
adv. 常常;經常;時常;再三;
?? 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 經常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反義：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
adj. 鈍的;遲鈍的;呆滯的;陰暗的;
v. 緩和;減輕;使陰暗;
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"Life in a small town could be deadly dull."
小城鎮的生活可能會非常沒意思。
近義：boggle, numb, bleak, colourless, colorless, drab
反義：hone, point, strap, strop, taper, whet
adj. 遲鈍的;不活潑的;[化]惰性的;
?? enter換了t的位置就不活動了
"He lay inert with half-closed eyes."
他半睜著雙眼一動不動地躺著。
近義：idle, inactive, inanimate, insentient, lifeless, motionless
反義：keen, astir, operative, powerful, spirited, sprightly
n. 流星;大氣現象;
abbr. 氣象學(=meteorology);
"Like a flash of lightning, the meteor shot across the sky."
流星像一道閃光劃過天空.
近義：meteorite