Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.

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public ['p?bl?k] 詞頻1 詞根: popul
adj. 公眾的,公共的;公開的;政府的;人人知道的,知名的; n. 大眾;社會;公共場所;(文學家等的)愛讀者;
?? publ人民+ic...的 → 公開的,公眾的
"The public are requested not to throw waste paper in the park."
公眾被要求不得在公園里亂扔廢紙.
近義:assistance, attendance, audience, turnout, concurrence, concurrency 反義:participator, plaintiff, sharer, actor, inside, noteworthy
minute ['m?n?t] 詞頻1 詞根: min
n. 分,分鐘;瞬間,片刻;備忘錄;會議記錄; vt. 把…記錄在案;為…測定時間;
?? minut小+e → 一分鐘; 微小的,細微的
"The vendors were gazundered at the last minute."
賣主在最后一刻被要求降低房價。
近義:insignificant, little, miniscule, minuscule, petty, pokey
vocabulary [v?'k?bj?l?ri] 詞頻2 詞根: voc
n. (某一語言的)詞匯;(尤指外語教科書中附有釋義的)詞匯表;
?? vocabul=vocable詞+ary表名詞→詞匯
"There is a vocabulary at the back of our English book."
我們英語課本的后面附有詞匯表.
近義:wordbook, wording
idea [a?'di?] 詞頻1
n. 主意,想法;[哲]理念,觀念;[樂]樂句;模糊想法;
?? dear(親愛的),你有什么好idea(主意)
"How does the idea of a holiday in Spain grab you?"
你對于到西班牙去度假這個主意感興趣 嗎 ?
近義:intent, knowledge, notion, purpose, think, thought
hour ['a??] 詞頻1
n. 小時,鐘頭;時間,時刻;固定時間;課時;
"The traffic in the city is chaotic in the rush hour."
在上下班高峰時間,城市的交通混亂不堪。
近義:time, date
speaking ['spi:ki?] 詞頻5
n. 說話;講話;談話;演講; adj. 演講的;富于表情的;(肖像)栩栩如生的;雄辯的; v. 講,談(speak的現在分詞 );
"He breathed deeply before speaking again."
他深深吸一口氣,然后繼續說下去。
近義:oratory, rhetoric, speechmaking, eloquence, talking

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