The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.
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n. 藝術家;畫家;能手;騙子;
?? art藝術+ist表示從事某種職業的人→藝術家,畫家
"He is considered the foremost British artist of this century."
他被認為是本世紀英國第一流的藝術家.
近義:longhair, artiste, showman, entertainer, performer, soloist
vt. 逮捕,拘捕;止住,阻止,抑制;吸引(注意);
vi. 心跳停止;
n. 拘留;停止,阻止;制動(裝置);
?? ar一再+rest休息→不讓動→逮捕,阻止
"to be under house arrest"
遭到軟禁
近義:immure, imprison, apprehend, incarcerate, nab, capture
反義:release, unlock, free, independence, liberty, autocracy
adj. 人造的;人工的;虛假的,非原產地的;人為的;
n. 人造肥料;<美>假花;
?? artific技巧+ial形容詞后綴→用技巧做出的→人工的;矯揉造作的
"AID or artificial insemination by a donor"
他精人工授精
近義:made, manmade, manufactured, synthetic, synthetical, illegitimate
反義:native, raw, unprocessed, unrefined, crude, legitimate
adj. 固定的,不變的;不易揮發的;處境…的,常作復合詞;(比賽等)通過作弊預先安排好結果的;
v. 固定( fix的過去式和過去分詞);
?? fix固定+ed被...的 →被固定的
"the expiry of a fixed-term contract"
定期合同的滿期
近義:irremovable, nailed, pinned, secured, set, standing
反義:astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
n. 陌生人,不認識的人;外地人;局外人;門外漢;
adj. 不熟悉的,陌生的(strange)的比較級;
?? strang陌生的+er人→陌生人;新來者
"She was accosted in the street by a complete stranger."
在街上,一個完全陌生的人貿然走到她跟前搭訕。
近義:outlander, outsider, auslander, tramontane, alien, foreigner
反義:relation, acquaintant, indian, aborigine, creole, local
n. 運動;手勢;動機,意向;請求;
vt. 打手勢;向某人點頭或搖頭示意;打手勢要求[指示];
vi. 運動;打手勢;
?? mot(運動)+ion(名綴): 運動
"Newton's laws of motion"
牛頓的運動定律
近義:insinuate, suggest, signal, movement, action, activity