People who imagine themselves to be self-made seldom enjoy examining the process of manufacture in detail.
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?? 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
vt. 想，設想;想像;料想，猜想;誤認為;
vi. 想象;猜想，推測;
?? imag=image圖像+ine...的→有關圖像的→想象
"Imagine my amazement when a 70 - year - old man beat me at tennis."
在網球賽中,我竟被一位70高齡的老人擊敗,請想像一下我當時的驚愕狀態.
近義：ideate, picture, suppose, understand, visualise, visualize
pron. 他[她，它]們自己;他們親自;“himself”的復數;“herself”的復數;
?? them他們+selves自己的復數 → 他們自己,
"All our officers are trained to defend themselves against knife attacks."
我們所有的警察都接受過自衛訓練，能夠對付持刀襲擊。
近義：herself, himself, itself, oneself, them, yourself
n. 過程;工序;做事方法;工藝流程;
vt. 加工;處理;審閱;審核;
vi. 列隊行進;
adj. 經過特殊加工（或處理）的;
?? pro向前，在前+cess行走→過程；進行
"The factory manager used a flowchart to explain the production process."
工廠經理用一幅作業圖來說明生產過程.
近義：inure, mill, treat, transact, execute, expedite
vt. 制造，生產;捏造，虛構;加工;從事制造;
n. 制造;制成品，產品;工業，工廠;（文學作品等的）粗制濫造;
?? manu手+fact做，制作+ure名詞后綴→手做→制造業（機器發明前用手做）
"The date of manufacture of the jewellery has not been authenticated."
這些珠寶的制造日期尚未經證實.
近義：make, produce, brew, craft, create, elaborate
反義：impair, kill, mar, obliterate, rack, ravage
n. 詳述;（照片、繪畫等的）細部;細目，瑣碎;各種細節;
vt. 詳述，仔細匯報;選派;清晰地說明;給于細部裝飾;
?? de加強+tail剪，割→不斷剪下去→瑣事
"It is arguable that giving too much detail may actually be confusing."
過分詳細反而使人糊涂的說法是有道理的。
近義：itemize, specify, item, particular, technicality, circumstance
反義：abridge, abstract, shorten, synthesise, synthesize, telescope