The human brain is like a railroad freight car -- guaranteed to have a certain capacity but often running empty.
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human ['hjum?n] 詞頻1 詞根: hum
n. 人,人類; adj. 人的;有人性的;顯示人類特有弱點的;人本性的;
?? hum土,地+an名詞后綴,屬于...的,傳說人是由土造出的 → 人類
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老師打了個比喻,把人的心臟比作水泵。
近義:mortal
railroad ['relrod] 詞頻1
n. 鐵路,鐵道;鐵路系統,鐵路公司; v. 迫使…倉促行事;強使…草率通過 ;強迫…做;輕率判處;
?? rail鐵軌+road路 → 鐵路
"Bridges over railroad tracks root danger out in crossing."
鐵軌上空的天橋排除了穿行中的危險.
近義:railway, track, rail
capacity [k?'p?s?ti] 詞頻2 詞根: 抓住
n. 容量;才能;性能;生產能力; adj. 充其量的,最大限度的;
?? cap拿,抓,握住+acity表名詞,有...傾向→拿住的能力→容量;才能
"We mustn't attempt unrestricted expansion regardless if it is within our capacity."
我們不能不顧自己的能力企圖無限制地發展.
近義:aptitude, aptness, potential, proficiency, skilfulness, skill 反義:impotence, inability, incapability, incompetence, incompetency, invalidity
brain [bren] 詞頻1
n. 腦;智慧;聰明的人;(群體中)最聰明的人; vt. 打破…的腦袋;打…的頭部;
?? b(不)+rain(雨): 大腦不(b)會進水(rain)
"Being in love must have addled your brain."
墜入愛河必已使你神魂顛倒。
近義:brains, cerebrum, encephalon, cerebral
freight [fret] 詞頻2
n. 貨運,貨物;運費;船運貨物;貨運列車; vt. 運輸;裝貨于;
?? frei(fare費)+ght: 運費 貨物 網友:yqy 補充:付(f)+爾(r)+八(eight):付你八張運費
"to send goods by air freight"
空運貨物
近義:carrying, load, transport, carry, charter, convey 反義:landing, debarkation, disembarkation
certain ['s?:t?n] 詞頻1 詞根: an
adj. 某一;必然的;已確定的; pron. [動詞用復數]某些;
"Federal courts have a certain cachet which state courts lack."
聯邦法院有某種州法院所缺乏的特別的東西.
近義:some, inarguable, indisputable, indubitable, invariable, irrefragable 反義:neither, implausible, improbable, uncertain, unlikely, avoidable

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