PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility.
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n. 消遣，娛樂;
?? pas=pass度過+time時間 → 消遣
"Playing chess is his favourite pastime."
下棋是他最喜愛的消遣.
近義：hobby, avocation, recreation, entertainment, amusement, game
n. 裝置，設備;方法;策略;手段;
?? de(dis-=apart)+vice(see)→發明物；圖案；策略
"Players use a haptic device such as a joystick to control the game."
游戲者用游戲桿之類的觸覺設備玩游戲。
近義：motto, apparatus, appliance, implement, jigger, artefact
adj. 溫和的;文雅的;高尚的;
vt. 使溫和;使馴服;
n. 蛆;餌;
?? gen “出生,種族”#詞根助記：gen+tle→出身好的→高雅的
"a quiet and gentle man"
溫文爾雅的男士
近義：master, tame, break, domesticate, mellow, mild
反義：impolitic, inconsiderate, loutish, randy, rank, raw
n. 練習;運動，訓練;運用;典禮;
vi. 鍛煉，訓練，練習;
vt. 鍛煉（身體某部位）;使焦慮，使憂慮;實行，發揮（作用）;運用;
?? ex出+erc力量+ise表名詞，物品，狀態 →練習，鍛煉
"You should exercise extreme caution when driving in fog."
在霧中開車要極為小心.
近義：profess, wield, practice, practise, qualify, train
adj. 智力的;有才智的;需用智力的;智力發達的;
n. 知識分子;腦力勞動者;有極高智力的人;憑理智（而非感情）辦事的人;
?? intellect智力+ual...的→ 智力的
"Some Americans see Oxford as an intellectual Disneyland."
一些美國人把牛津視為知識分子的樂園。
近義：highbrow, literatus, scholar, longhair, egghead
反義：ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninstructed
dejection
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n. 沮喪, 糞便\\n[醫] 排泄物, 糞便, 排糞, 沮喪
近義：heartsickness, lassitude, malism, melancholy, mournfulness, prostration
反義：appeasement, mollification, pacification, pacifying, placation, propitiation