There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 差別，差異;[數]差數，差額;意見分歧;特色;
vt. 辨別，區分;
?? dif分開，否定，不+fer帶來+ence名詞后綴→帶來不同→不同之處
"The new regulations will not make an appreciable difference to most people."
新的規定對大多數人將無大影響。
近義：inequality, odds, unlikeness, variant, version, inhomogeneity
反義：kindred, kinship, likeness, look, matching, parallel
prep. （表示位置）在…的后面;支持;（表示順序）在身后;（表示比較）落后于;
adv. 在后面;向后;在后面較遠處;（落）在后面;
n. 〈口〉屁股;
?? be構成一些介詞+hind藏在后面→在…后面
"The crowd had to stand behind barriers."
人群只好站在障礙物后面。
近義：back, posterior, rear, rearward, lagging, late
反義：quick, rapid, accelerated
n. 幾何學;幾何形狀;幾何圖形;幾何學著作;
?? geo地+metry計量，測量→測量地面→幾何學
"the geometry of a spider's web"
蜘蛛網的幾何形狀
adj. 幾何的，幾何學的;幾何圖案的;成幾何級數增加的;
?? geometr=geometry幾何學+ical表形容詞 →幾何學的
"Population is increasing in that country in a geometrical progression."
那個國家的人口正以幾何級數增長.
近義：geometric
adv. 仍，仍然;更，還要;靜靜地;〈詩〉常，不斷地;
adj. 不動的，靜止的;不狂暴的，溫柔的;沒有活力的，死氣沉沉的;
n. 平靜，寂靜;劇照;靜止攝影;蒸餾器;
vt.& vi. （使某物）平靜下來，安靜;〈古〉燒（酒），蒸餾;
conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
盡管快80歲了，他還是十分活躍。
近義：hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify
反義：incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset
adv. 完全地，十足地;純粹地;純潔地，貞淑地;
"Bathrooms don't have to be purely functional."
浴室不必完全只為了實用。
近義：merely, simply, solely, but, genuinely
反義：lasciviously, lewdly, libidinally, libidinously, wantonly, carnally