If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference.
— Teena Booth
· Beauty
?? 名句詞匯解析
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vt. 假裝，偽裝;假稱;裝扮;
vi. 扮演;自稱;假裝，矯作;
adj. 仿制的;
?? pre提前+tend延伸→提前伸出想好借口 → 假裝，借口
"So you don't need to pretend, do you?"
所以你不必裝假了, 對 吧 ?
近義：purport, represent, sham, simulate, dissemble, fake
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
n. 事件，形勢;東西，事物;家伙;事業;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以過得下去。
近義：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
adj. 更壞的;惡化的;更厲害的;嚴重的( bad,ill,badly的比較級);
adv. 更壞地，更糟地;（程度上）更…;
n. 更壞的事物;
"The rooms were awful and the food was worse."
房間很糟糕，吃的更差。
近義：lousy, badder, baddest, punk, worst, awful
反義：higher, paramount, preferable, superior, topmost, upper
adj. 難看的;丑陋的;有敵意的;不祥的;
n. 丑陋的人（東西）;
?? 阿哥你（諧音）：阿哥你很 丑，但你很溫柔 李逵很 丑，被太太稱為“阿哥李”（諧音）
"There were ugly scenes in the streets last night as rioting continued."
昨晚暴亂持續之際，街上險象環生。
近義：homely, inartistic, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely
反義：lovable, lovely, neat, nice, smart, super
duckling
['d?kli?]
n. 小鴨，幼鴨;丑小鴨（初似平庸后來出眾的人或事物）;
"We're going to feed the duckling."
我們去喂小鴨子.
近義：mallard