Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
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n. 交談，會話;交往，交際;會談;（人與計算機的）人機對話;
?? con共同+vers轉變+ation表名詞 → 使大家共同轉變態(tài)度的會談 → 會話，非正式會談
"I had a long conversation with her the other day."
前幾天我與她作了一次長談。
近義：natter, speech, talk, talking, discussion, chat
adj. 可愛的;令人愉快的;有趣的;晴朗的;
?? pleas=please快樂 + ant...的 → a.令人愉快的，舒適的
"I have many pleasant recollections of the time we spent together."
我有很多有關我們一起度過的時光的美好回憶.
近義：likeable, nice, personable, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing
反義：antipathetic, ingrate, loathsome, offensive, rough, surly
adj. 有學問的;博學的;學術上的;精通某門學問的;
v. 學習(learn的過去式和過去分詞);得知;
?? learn學習+ed形容詞后綴 → 有學問的；學術上的
"He has not yet learned how to be gracious in defeat."
他還沒有學會怎樣豁達大度地面對失敗。
近義：highbrow, informed, knowing, knowledgeable, lettered, literate
n. （長篇）小說;[法]新法，附律;
adj. 新奇的;異常的;
?? nov新的+el表明人或物 →新奇人物 →新奇的；小說
"Her latest novel is a chronicle of life in a Devon village."
她的最近一部小說是德文郡一個小村莊的生活記事。
近義：hot, inceptive, inchoate, incipient, inexperienced, initial
反義：masterful, practiced, proficient, qualified, skilful, skilled
adj. 詼諧的;機智的;會說俏皮話的;聰明的;
"He scored a bull's - eye in their argument with that witty retort."
在他們的辯論中他那一句機智的反駁擊中了要害.
近義：humorous, imaginative, ingenious, intelligent, inventive, nifty
反義：humdrum, insipid, insufferable, irksome, irritating, lethal
affectation
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n. 假裝, 做作, 矯情\\n[醫(yī)] 矯飾, 矯情
近義：malingering, mannerism, pose, pretence, pretense, primness
反義：homeliness, ingenuousness, innocence, artlessness, naivete, naivety