Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed.

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truth [tr?θ] 詞頻1
n. 真理;真相,事實;忠實,忠誠;現(xiàn)實,現(xiàn)實性;
?? tru相信,真實+th抽象名詞 →事實,真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness 反義:hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
different ['d?fr?nt] 詞頻1 詞根: di
adj. 不同的;各式各樣的;個別的;不平常;
?? differ相異+ent...的 →不同的
"a vast array of bottles of different shapes and sizes"
一大批形狀大小不一的瓶子
近義:heterogeneous, inharmonious, irregular, assorted, asymmetric, asymmetrical 反義:identical, indistinct, kindred, like, resembling, same
face [fes] 詞頻1 詞根: fac
n. 面容;表面;臉;方面; vt.& vi. 面對;面向…;正視;承認(rèn); vt. (感到不能)對付;(明知不好辦而)交談;必須對付(某情況);面臨…;
?? face=fac表示臉、面 → 臉;表面;外表
"He screwed up his face at the nasty smell."
聞到這令人作嘔的氣味,他皺眉蹙額.
近義:tackle, brave, breast, confront, front, overlook 反義:parry, avert, prevent, shirk, shun, sidestep
everybody ['?vr?bɑdi] 詞頻1
pron. 每人,人人;大伙兒;各位;
?? every每個 +body 人→ pron.每人,人人
"When I give the command, everybody pushes off together."
我一聲令下, 大家就一起用槳把船撐離河岸.
近義:each, all, everyone
tedious ['tid??s] 詞頻4 詞根: tedi
adj. 單調(diào)沉悶的;冗長乏味的;令人生厭的;
?? ted厭倦+ious表形容詞 →冗長沉悶的
"The journey soon became tedious."
那次旅行不久就變得乏味起來。
近義:humdrum, irksome, arid, irritating, lethal, aseptic 反義:kindly, assenting, manageable, sociable, tractable, yielding
wait [wet] 詞頻1
vt.& vi. 等候;等待;(尤指長期地)希望;盼望; vi. 準(zhǔn)備妥;在手邊;可得到;可使用; vt. 推遲,擱置,延緩;
?? 因為want(想要),所以wait(等) 青蛙(wa)為它(it) 等了好久
"I'll wait until they arrive."
我會一直等到他們來。
近義:await, bide, expect, waiting, delay

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