The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.
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n. 儲備;保護區(qū);保留;替補隊員;
vt. 儲備;保留;預約;
vi. 預訂;
adj. 保留的;預備的;
?? re再+serve服務，保持→再留住→預定n. 內向，沉默寡言
"We'll reserve the ticket for you till tomorrow noon."
票為您保留到明天中午.
近義：keep, spare, prebook, preorder, book, backlog
反義：lavish, misspend, misuse, piddle, squander, dilapidate
adv. 有時，間或;時而;
?? sometime某一時間的+s表副詞 →有時
"Even friends disagree sometimes."
即便是朋友有時也有分歧。
近義：occasionally, oft, once, rarely, betweentimes, betweenwhiles
反義：invariably, periodically, repeatedly, steadily, usually, consistently
n. 作家;作者;撰寫人;寫字…的人;
?? writ=write寫+er人 →作家
近義：literatus, author, redactor, columnist, contributor, editor
adv. 幾乎，差不多;將近;快要;近乎;
?? al(all)+most→差不多；幾乎(=nearly)
"I like almost all of them."
我差不多所有的都喜歡。
近義：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nearly
反義：liberally, off, outright, abundantly, plethorically, plumb
n. 感覺，官能;意識，觀念;理性;識別力;
vt. 感到;理解，領會;檢測出;
?? sens(feel)+e(名詞后綴)→感官；知覺；意義；判斷力；感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
n. 意思，意義;含義;意圖;
adj. 有意思的;意味深長的;
vt. 意味(mean的現(xiàn)在分詞);意思是;
?? mean 意思+ ing 表示行為、狀態(tài)、情況及其他 → n.意義，意思；意圖
"contextual clues to the meaning"
上下文提供的理解其含義的線索
近義：import, purport, purposefulness, sense, significance, significancy