In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.
— George Orwell
· Writing
?? 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
adv. 特別;尤其;異乎尋常地;
?? particular特別的+ly...地→有自己的部分地→特別地
"Spending the holidays in Britain wasn't a prospect that I found particularly appealing."
在英國度假對我并不特別有吸引力。
近義：namely, peculiarly, privately, properly, really, singularly
n. 批評，批判;鑒定，審定，考證，校勘;苛求，[哲]批判主義;評論，評論文章;
?? critic批評，辨明，分開+ism表名詞 → 批評
"The plan has attracted criticism from consumer groups."
這項計劃引起了各消費者組織的指責。
近義：brickbat, animadversion, review, reviewal, critique, stricture
反義：applause, kudos, laud, ovation, praising, salvo
adj. 正常的;正規的，標準的;[數學]正交的;精神健全的;
n. 正常，常態;標準;[數學]法線;
?? norm規則，規范+al形容詞后綴→有規范的→正常的
"the inversion of normal word order"
正常詞序的倒裝
近義：normalcy, normality, ordinary, regular, standard, usual
反義：irregular, malformed, misshapen, nonconforming, atypical, uncommon
prep. 穿過;橫穿，橫過;與…交叉;在…對面;
adv. 橫過，越過;在對面;交叉;斜對面;
?? cro, cru =cross,表示”十字形,交叉”
"The only access to the farmhouse is across the fields."
去那農舍的唯一通路是穿過田野。
近義：through, athwart, on, per, thru, to
adv. 幾乎，差不多;將近;快要;近乎;
?? al(all)+most→差不多；幾乎(=nearly)
"I like almost all of them."
我差不多所有的都喜歡。
近義：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nearly
反義：liberally, off, outright, abundantly, plethorically, plumb
adv. 完全地;完整地;完全，徹底，全部，一干二凈;很，非常，充分，十分，萬分;
?? com 共同 + plete=plet滿，填滿 + ly ...地 → adv. 完全地，徹底地；完整地
"No funding will be available until the technology is completely proven."
該技術得到充分驗證后才會有撥款.
近義：absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively
反義：insufficiently, scarcely, scrappily, skimpily, truncately, unexhaustively