People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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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
adj. 神秘的;可怕的;怪異的;危險的;
?? un不+canny見識廣博的→離奇的
"I had an uncanny feeling I was being watched."
我有種被人監視的奇怪感覺。
近義:odd, offbeat, outlandish, quaint, queer, queerish
n. 注意,注意力;照料,關懷;殷勤;
int. [口令]立正;
?? at向+tent延伸+ion表名詞 →伸展出去聽別人講 →注意力
"He nodded absently, his attention absorbed by the screen."
他專心注視著屏幕,只是心不在焉地點了點頭。
近義:heedfulness, application, industriousness, intentness, interest, mindfulness
反義:apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, lassitude
n. 煩惱,憂慮;擔心;撕咬;
vi. 擔心,焦慮;為…發愁;撕咬;
vt. 使煩惱;煩擾;撕咬;
"Don't worry; the deal was completely above board."
別擔心,交易是完全合法的。
近義:suffer, cark, care, fidget, fret, anguish
反義:relax, unworry, hush, appease, lull, assuage
n. 共軛(馬、騾);跨度,墩距;一段時間;[航] 跨繩;
vt. 縛住或扎牢;跨越時間或空間;以掌測量;以手圍繞測量類似測量;
?? sp(space空間)+an(一個):一個小空間- 跨度 3個(s)盤 pan擺在一起,形成一段 跨度
"The boss likes everything spick and span in the office."
span class='class1'老板spanspan class='class2'喜歡spanspan class='class7'辦公室spanspan class='class6'里spanspan class='class3'一切spanspan class='class3'都spanspan class='class5'井井有條span.
近義:embrace, pass, surmount, traverse, bridge, crest
vt.& vi. 使轉動;旋轉;使改變方向;使不適;
vt. 使變酸;使變換;使變為;
n. 翻轉;(路線或方向的)改變;機會;
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府對核能的態度來了個180度的大轉變。
近義:loop, slew, swerve, veer, wind, bend
反義:reerect, right, straighten, unfold, untwist