Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
— Aristotle
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從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
n. 試驗;考驗;測驗;化驗;
vt. 測驗;考查;考驗;勘探;
vi. 受試驗;受測驗;受考驗;測得結果;
?? test =test,tuitness,表示”測試,證據”
"I completed the test within the time allotted ."
我在限定的時間內完成了試驗。
近義：inspect, investigate, assay, overhaul, probe, sample
反義：invent, noodle, vamp, adlib, extemporise, extemporize
n. 重力;萬有引力，地心引力;重要性，嚴重性;嚴肅，莊重;
?? grav重+ity名詞后綴 → 莊重；地心吸力
"Newton's law of gravity"
牛頓萬有引力定律
近義：ponderosity, seriousness, circumspection, gravitation, importance, severity
反義：skittishness, superficiality, trifling, triviality, lightness, flippancy
n. 主題，話題;學科，科目;[哲]主觀;
adj. 須服從…的;（在君主等）統治下的;
v. 提供，提出;使…隸屬;
?? sub在…下面+ject投擲，扔→扔下去→服從的，扔下去讓大家討論的主題 → 主題，主觀；服從的
"She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father."
她正在為不得不向父親提出錢的事犯愁。
近義：overpower, subdue, subjugate, submit, subordinate, tyrannize
反義：loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate
adj. 可疑的;猜疑的，懷疑的;多疑的，不信任的;多心;
?? su=sus下面+spic看+ious...的 → (偷偷地)在下面看 → 猜疑的
"They became suspicious of his behaviour and contacted the police."
他們開始覺得他行為可疑，便報了警。
近義：shady, suspect, leery, malicious, mistrustful, uneasy
反義：ingenuous, artless, naif, naive, simplehearted, simpleminded
n. 檢查;考試;詢問，審問;
?? examin檢查 + ation 過程、結果 → n.考試；檢查，細查
"Teachers always judge their students on the final examination."
老師常根據期末考試來評價他們的學生.
近義：paper, quiz, test, exam, inspection, investigation
adj. 虛偽的;不正的，非法的;假造的，摹造的;臨時的;
adv. 欺詐地;叛賣地;
?? fals(deceive)+e→錯的；欺騙的；假的；不實的
"A whale is a fish. True or false?"
鯨魚是魚，對還是錯？
近義：illegitimate, imitation, artificial, mock, phoney, phony
反義：irrefutable, lawful, legal, legit, legitimate, original