Statistics are like a drunk with a lampost: used more for support than illumination.
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n. 統(tǒng)計(jì)，統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)，統(tǒng)計(jì)法，統(tǒng)計(jì)資料;統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字;“statistic”的復(fù)數(shù);
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"It's not easy to disentangle the truth from the official statistics."
從官方統(tǒng)計(jì)資料中理出真實(shí)情況并不容易。
近義：statistic
vt. 支持;幫助;支撐;維持;
n. 支撐;支持者;[數(shù)學(xué)]支集;支撐物;
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"The poor suburbs traditionally formed the bedrock of the party's support."
貧窮的郊區(qū)在傳統(tǒng)上構(gòu)成了支持該黨的牢固基礎(chǔ)。
近義：hold, maintain, backstop, prop, steady, sustain
反義：leave, neglect, quit, strand, desert, forsake
adj. 醉的;陶醉的;沉醉;飄飄然;
n. 醉漢，酒鬼，酗酒者;
v. 喝（酒）( drink的過(guò)去分詞);飲;喝酒;（尤指）酗酒;
"He gets aggressive when he's drunk."
他喝醉了就喜歡尋釁滋事。
近義：inebriate, lush, barfly, rummy, sot, tippler
反義：sane, dry
adj. 用過(guò)的;習(xí)慣于;二手的;舊的;
v. 使用（ use的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞）;常常，經(jīng)常;
"Things ain't what they used to be."
現(xiàn)在情況不比從前了。
近義：outworn, worn, utilized, wonted, accustomed
反義：unused, unworn
n. 照明;闡明，解釋清楚;<物>照度;彩飾，圖案花飾;
"The only illumination in the room came from the fire."
屋子里唯一的光亮來(lái)自爐火。
近義：illuminating, lighting, lights, clarification, enlightenment
反義：murk, murkiness, obscurity, tenebrosity, blackness, dark