All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called 'Facts'. They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain.
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adj. 慷慨的，大方的;豐盛的;肥沃的;濃厚的;
?? gener出生，產生+ous形容詞后綴→[不斷]產生→豐富的，慷慨的
"It would be churlish to refuse such a generous offer."
拒絕這樣一個慷慨的提議未免失禮。
近義：humane, humanitarian, liberal, lofty, loose, loyal
反義：knavish, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious
n. 恐怖，可怕的事物;嫌惡，痛恨;討厭的人或事;〈口〉非常丑惡;
?? horr(tremble)+or(名詞后綴)→恐怖；戰栗；極度憎惡
"The little horror never stops playing tricks on his parents."
那個小淘氣鬼不停地捉弄他的父母.
近義：horripilation, awfulness, terror, dread, fright
反義：heart, intrepidity, manhood, manliness, mettle, nerve
adj. 智力的;有才智的;需用智力的;智力發達的;
n. 知識分子;腦力勞動者;有極高智力的人;憑理智（而非感情）辦事的人;
?? intellect智力+ual...的→ 智力的
"Some Americans see Oxford as an intellectual Disneyland."
一些美國人把牛津視為知識分子的樂園。
近義：highbrow, literatus, scholar, longhair, egghead
反義：ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninstructed
n. 范圍，領域;領土，疆土;管轄范圍;[計]域名;
?? domin =lord (主人)
"The care of older people is being placed firmly within the domain of the family."
照顧老人仍然被確認為是家庭范圍的事。
近義：land, territory, expanse, url, area, province
adv. 通常地;一般地;平凡地;粗俗地;
"Christopher is commonly known as Kit."
克里斯托弗通常被稱為基特。
近義：mostly, normally, ordinarily, unexceptionally, usually, frequently
反義：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes, jauntily, lavishly
n. 畜生，獸;殘暴的人;獸性;
adj. 殘忍的;畜生的，動物的;無理性的;
"He was a great brawny brute of a man."
他是個魁梧壯實、粗野的人。
近義：impetuous, vehement, idiot, oaf, beast, ignorant