People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.
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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(dòng)物放養(yǎng)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
touchy
['t?t?i]
adj. 易動(dòng)氣的;小心眼的;需要小心對(duì)待的;棘手的;
adv. 易動(dòng)氣地，過分敏感地，小心眼地;
n. 易動(dòng)氣，過分敏感;
?? touch摸 + y ...的→ 容易被觸碰到(內(nèi)心)的 → 敏感的
"He's a little touchy about his weight."
他對(duì)自己的體重感到有點(diǎn)兒苦惱。
近義：huffy, irritable, jumpy, oversensitive, peppery, petulant
反義：imperviable, impervious, insensible, insensitive, obdurate, pitiless
adj. 不公平的;非正義的;不講信用的;
?? un不，沒有+just公正的→非正義的
"It is unjust and unlawful to discriminate against people of other races."
歧視外族人是不公正的,也是違法的.
近義：inequitable, infamous, iniquitous, perverse, tyrannous, unfair
反義：honest, honorable, honourable, impartial, neutral, pure
n. 思想;想法;關(guān)心;思索;
v. 想( think的過去式和過去分詞);思索;以為;認(rèn)為;
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認(rèn)為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義：idea, intent, meditation, mind, notion, pondering
反義：unintentional, unmeant, unwilled, unwitting, unwilling
adj. 蠢的;糊涂的;不明事理的;沒頭腦的;
n. （常用于向孩子指出其愚蠢行為）傻孩子，淘氣鬼;傻子，蠢貨;
?? 稀里（諧音):稀里 胡涂 傻的人認(rèn)“死理”（諧音）
"That was a silly thing to do !"
那事做得蠢！
近義：idiot, imbecile, ass, ninny, nit, noodle
反義：ingenious, intelligent, inventive, argute, knowing, astute