The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.
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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
adj. 無法滿足的，貪得無厭的;貪得無厭的;不知足;
?? in不+sati足夠+able形容詞后綴→ 不能滿足的，貪得無厭的
"I love reading: I have an insatiable appetite for vicarious experience."
我喜歡讀書,對于體驗間接經歷有一種不能滿足的渴求.
近義：slakeless, unsatisfiable, greedy
反義：lean, levelheaded, measured, modest, abstemious, abstentious
n. 好奇心，愛打聽的癖性;奇人;奇物，古玩;奇特性;
?? curi關心+osity多的狀態→關心多→好奇心
"Children show curiosity about everything."
兒童對一切事物都顯露出好奇心。
近義：inquisitiveness, interest, quaintness, bibelot, collectible, curio
反義：apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, lassitude
vt. 把…除外;不計;
prep. 除…外;
conj. [口語]要不是;除非;除…以外;
vi. 反對，表示異議（與 to 或 against連用）;
?? ex出+cept拿，抓，握住→拿出 → 除外
"I received nothing except what was due to me."
除了我應得的東西,我并未接受任何東西.
近義：omit, preclude, void, blackball, exclude, barring
反義：realize, accommodate, consider
adj. 有意識的，神志清醒的;自覺的，有意的;（痛苦，感情，冷氣等）感覺得到的;同“self-conscious“;
?? con全部+sci知道+ous...的→知道的→有意識的；自覺的
"She's very conscious of the problems involved."
她完全意識到了所涉及的問題。
近義：sentient, knowing, mindful, attentive, awake, aware
反義：fainted
n. 商人;店主;零售商;手藝人;
?? trades 貿易+man人 → n.零售商, 工匠
"He got into trouble for seducing the daughter of a respectable tradesman."
他因為引誘一個有名望的商人的女兒而惹上了麻煩.
近義：merchandiser, merchant, monger, trader, tradeswoman, marketeer