n. 智力;聰穎;情報;情報機構;
?? intel在…中間+lig選擇,收集+ence名詞后綴→從中選出好的→智力
"She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence."
她利用她漂亮的外表來彌補智力的不足.
近義:aptness, intellect, invention, argument, knack, mentality
adj. 不相干的;不恰當;缺乏時代性的,落后于潮流的;牛頭不對馬嘴;
?? ir不+re再+lev提高,舉起,變輕+ant形容詞后綴 → 不相干的,不切題的
"That is completely irrelevant to the subject under discussion."
這跟討論的主題完全不相關.
近義:immaterial, improper, inappropriate, inconsequential, inopportune, awry
反義:applicable, incumbent, apropos, pertaining, pertinent, relating
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