Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.
— Peter Minard
· Silence
?? 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
adv. 僅僅，只不過;只是;純粹;全然;
?? mere僅僅 + ly...的 → ad.僅僅，只不過
"Do you really want to go or are you merely being amiable?"
你是真的想去呢,還是僅僅為了表示友好?
近義：just, only, purely, simply, solely, but
n. 缺席，缺勤;缺乏，缺少，無;心不在焉，不注意;
?? abs離去+ence名詞后綴 → 缺席
"a period of enforced absence"
不得不離開的一段時間
近義：inexistence, lack, nonexistence, scarceness, scarcity, shortage
反義：abundance, plenitude, plentifulness, plenty, plethora, profuseness
adj. 合理的，公道的;明白道理的;適當的;有理性的;
?? reason合理+able形容詞后綴, 具有某種性質的 → 合理的, 通情達理的
"There is reasonable concordance between the two sets of results."
兩組結果之間有著合理的一致。
近義：intelligent, levelheaded, logic, logical, moderate, modest
反義：illogical, inane, inconsistent, irrational, mad, meaningless
n. 噪音;嘈雜聲，喧鬧聲;聲音，聲響;雜音;
vt. 謠傳;哄傳;傳說;
vi. 發出聲音;大聲議論;
?? 音“鬧死”： 噪音太大，吵鬧死了 鼻子(nose)里加個(i)- 吵鬧
"If you close that door, you can shut the noise in."
你要是關上那扇門, 就聽不到吵鬧聲了.
近義：preach, propagate, report, reveal, spread, broadcast
反義：still, stillness, quietness
adj. 真的;真實的，現實的;事實上的;真誠的;
adv. 真正，實在;確實地;
n. 實在，現實;實數;
"I made a real balls-up of my exams."
我考試考得一塌糊涂。
近義：legitimate, authentic, sterling, true, truthful, unfeigned
反義：imaginary, utopical, visional, chimeric, chimerical, dreamlike
n. 沉默，無言，無表示，無聲，沉靜，肅靜，寂靜，緘默;無音信，失去聯系，忘卻，湮沒，無表示，無音訊;[樂]停止;
vt. 使安靜;使沉默;壓制;
?? 沉默死(si)冷(len-leng)廁(ce)無人知
"There was an awkward silence."
一陣令人尷尬的沉默。
近義：hush, lull, quiet, quieten, shush, still
反義：perturb, shake, agitate, disrupt, disturb, hullabaloo