In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed.

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case [kes] 詞頻1 詞根: 切開
n. (實)例,事例;情況,狀況;訴訟(事件),案件,判例;容器(箱,盒); vt. 把…裝入箱(或盒等)內;加蓋于;包圍,圍住;[俚語](尤指盜竊前)探察,偵查,窺測;
?? cas(to fall)+e→事件;事情;場合;狀態;訴訟事件;患者
"They filed an application to have their case heard early."
他們申請早日審理他們的案子.
近義:incident, instance, occasion, occurrence, opportunity, circumstance
point [p??nt] 詞頻1 詞根: 刺扎
n. 點;要點;得分;標點; vt. (意思上)指向;削尖;加標點于;指路; vi. 表明;指向;
?? point(prick)→點;地點;目的;時刻;使銳利;指示
"Racial tension has reached boiling point ."
種族間的緊張狀態已達到一觸即發的程度。
近義:range, aim, hone, sharpen, strap, strop
excessively [?k's?s?vli] 詞根: 行走
adv. 過度地;過分地;極度地;
?? excess無節制+ ive...的 + ly ...地 → adv.過分地, 非常地
"The doctor advised him not to drink excessively."
醫生勸他不要飲酒過度.
近義:heavily, immoderately, inordinately, overly, overmuch, spare 反義:incompletely, nearly, poorly, barely, scantily, scarce
because [b?'k?z] 詞頻1 詞根: be
conj. 因為;
?? cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,訴訟
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所屬政黨的關系而被捕。
近義:since, whereas, for, forasmuchas
obscure [?b'skj?r] 詞根: obscur
adj. 昏暗的,朦朧的;晦澀的,不清楚的;隱蔽的;不著名的,無名的; vt. 使…模糊不清,掩蓋;隱藏;使難理解; n. 某種模糊的或不清楚的東西;
?? ob逆,倒,加強意義+s+cure關心→不關心→記不住了→模糊的
"an obscure German poet"
一個名不見經傳的德國詩人
近義:hide, mire, mud, muddle, muddy, obfuscate 反義:illuminate, manifest, resolve, clear, elucidate, evince
ninety ['na?nti] 詞頻1
num. 九十; n. 九十;九十年代;九十歲; adj. 九十的;九十歲的;
?? nine九+ty十 →九十
"He is ninety years old, but his mind is sharp."
他雖然90歲了, 但頭腦還很靈活.

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