Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯,幫助你深度理解這句話
n. 人,人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于,布滿;使住滿人,在…殖民;把動物放養(yǎng)在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"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:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
adj. 私有的,私人的;秘密的;內(nèi)心的;平民的,無官職的,士兵的;
n. 列兵,士兵,[陸]二等兵;〈古〉私人,個人;陰部,生殖器;
?? priv單個+ate形容詞后綴→個人的
"You can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments."
整座宮殿除內(nèi)殿外均可參觀。
近義:pfc, grunt, squaddie, inside, noteworthy, particular
反義:open, overt, patent, communal
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
adj. 公眾的,公共的;公開的;政府的;人人知道的,知名的;
n. 大眾;社會;公共場所;(文學(xué)家等的)愛讀者;
?? publ人民+ic...的 → 公開的,公眾的
"The public are requested not to throw waste paper in the park."
公眾被要求不得在公園里亂扔廢紙.
近義:assistance, attendance, audience, turnout, concurrence, concurrency
反義:participator, plaintiff, sharer, actor, inside, noteworthy
adj. 更壞的;惡化的;更厲害的;嚴(yán)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
v. 看見( see的過去分詞 );觀看;領(lǐng)會;考慮;
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看見前面提到的那個人行動可疑。