The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.
— James Thurber
· Humor
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n. 喜劇;喜劇性;喜劇體裁;有趣的事情;
?? com宴會+edy表名詞→像宴會一樣熱鬧→喜劇
"He didn't appreciate the comedy of the situation."
他未領略到這種局面的滑稽可笑之處。
近義：play, farce, playacting
反義：holocaust, misfortune, calamity, catastrophe, debacle, disaster
vt. 容許;承認;忍受;容忍（不同意或不喜歡的事物）;
?? toler容忍+ate動詞后綴 → 寬容
"We have to tolerate each other's little foibles."
我們得互相容忍對方的小缺點。
近義：hold, let, permit, avow, accept, sanction
libel
['la?bl]
n. 文字誹謗;詆毀;中傷;誹謗罪;
v. 對…進行誹謗;發表文字誹謗;
?? lib(book)+el(small)→誹謗人的文字、盲詞或圖書；誹謗；諷刺
"The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds."
這家報紙被罰以五十萬英鎊的誹謗損害賠償金。
近義：asperse, malign, badmouth, revile, scorn, slander
n. 體驗;滋味;味覺;風味;
vt.& vi. 嘗，品嘗;
vt. 吃;喝;淺嘗;
vi. 嘗味;略進（飲食）;（少量地）吃;有某種味道;
"In a consumer taste test, Coke went up against Pepsi."
在一次消費者品嘗測驗中, 可口可樂與百事可樂交鋒了.
近義：relish, sample, savor, savour, try, sapidity
反義：insipidity, insipidness, unpalatableness, vapidity, blandness, jejuneness