DIVINATION, n. The art of nosing out the occult. Divination is of as many kinds as there are fruit-bearing varieties of the flowering dunce and the early fool.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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adj. 超自然的;神秘的;隱藏的;
n. 神秘學;
vt. 隱蔽;[天]（使）掩（星）;
vi. 定時隱蔽;
?? cult =till,表示”耕種,培養”#詞根助記：oc+cult教派→在教派內不讓別人知道→奧秘的
"He's interested in witchcraft and the occult."
他對巫術魔法情有獨鐘。
近義：hide, mask, overcast, overshadow, screen, secrete
n. [機]軸承，支座;關系;方位;態度，舉止;
v. 忍受(bear的ing形式);
?? bear忍受+ing名詞后綴→軸承（ball bearing）；方位；舉止
"Recent events had no bearing on our decision."
近期的事件與我們的決定沒有關系。
近義：measuredness, poise, behavior, behaviour, phlegm, carriage
n. 成果;水果;果實;（大地的）產物;
vi. 樹或花草結果;
vt. 使…結果實;
?? 法國(fr)擁有(u)它(it)這種 水果
"Some fruit juices are very acidic."
有些果汁酸得很。
近義：homosexual, quean, queen, queer, nance, gay
n. 蠢材，笨學生;
"He used to be a dunce at school."
他上學時曾是個笨學生.
近義：idiot, imbecile, jerk, madcap, ass, ninny
反義：intelligent, astute, perceptive, percipient, sagacious, sharp
adj. 早的;早期的;早日的;（果實等）早熟的;
adv. 早;在初期;先前;提早;
?? 三十“而立”（諧音），人生 早期
"They filed an application to have their case heard early."
他們申請早日審理他們的案子.
近義：onetime, back, previous, prior, old, earlier
反義：hind, hindmost, back, postern, puisne, retral