Funny how people despise platitudes, when they are usually the truest thing going. A thing has to be pretty true before it gets to be a platitude.
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adj. 有趣的，好笑的，滑稽的;（口）稀奇的，古怪的，奇異的;有病的，不舒服的;狡猾的，欺騙（性）的，可疑的，不光明的;
n. 滑稽人物;笑話，有趣的故事;滑稽連環(huán)漫畫欄;（英）（比賽用）單人雙槳小艇;
?? -y 后綴;表”狀態(tài),品質(zhì)”
"My funny drawings amused the kids."
我的滑稽圖畫把孩子們逗樂了。
近義：humoristic, humorous, jocose, jocular, jocund, joking
反義：humdrum, insufferable, irksome, arid, irritating, lethal
n. 人，人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于，布滿;使住滿人，在…殖民;把動物放養(yǎng)在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
vt. 鄙視，看不起;
?? de向下+spis=spic看+e強調(diào) → 輕視，看不起
"Don't cheat at examination, or your classmates will despise you."
考試不要作弊, 否則同班同學(xué)會輕視你的.
近義：loathe, scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate
反義：prize, treasure, value, admire, esteem
adv. 通常，經(jīng)常，平常，慣常地;一直，向來;動不動，一般;素;
?? usual通常的+ly副詞后綴→通常地，慣常地
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常認(rèn)為，蒸餾法是阿拉伯人在11世紀(jì)發(fā)明的。
近義：invariably, mostly, normally, oft, often, oftentimes
反義：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
n. 平常的話，老生常談，陳詞濫調(diào);
?? plat平坦+itude狀態(tài)→語言平坦→陳詞濫調(diào)
"The talk is no more than a platitude."
這番話無非是老生常談.
近義：truism, bromide, clich, cliche, commonplace
n. 事件，形勢;東西，事物;家伙;事業(yè);
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以過得下去。
近義：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob