OBSERVATORY, n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their predecessors.
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n. 天文臺;氣象臺;瞭望臺;
?? observ觀察+atory場所→天文臺
"Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day."
格林威治天文臺的職員們每天對大鐘檢查兩次.
近義：lookout, mirador, oriel, overlook, belvedere, gazebo
n. 推測，猜想;設(shè)想，揣度;想像;計劃;
vt.& vi. 推測，猜想;估量;揣摩;設(shè)想;
?? con共同+ject投擲，扔+ure名詞后綴→大家一起扔思想 →推測
"The truth of his conjecture was confirmed by the newspaper report."
新聞報道證明了他的推測果然不假。
近義：assume, premise, presume, regard, suppose, surmise
反義：reconfirm, verify, confirm, corroborate
adv. 離開，遠離;在遠處;消失;
adj. 不在的;遙遠的;客場比賽;
?? a(on)+broad→在遠方；離去；不在
"In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual."
在旅館里, 這些老人和往常一樣喝個不停.
近義：abroad, out, outdoors, outside, without
n. 位;地方;職位;座位;
vt. 放置;獲名次;投資;評價;
vi. 得名次;名列前茅;[美國英語][賽馬]得第二名;準確把…推到預定地點;
"The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve."
晚會將在除夕那天舉行.
近義：lay, locate, marshal, park, posit, position
反義：move, rob, take, budge, tumble, discharge
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"Acquaintance, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to."