PILLORY, n. A mechanical device for inflicting personal distinction -- prototype of the modern newspaper conducted by persons of austere virtues and blameless lives.
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adj. 機械的，機械學的;呆板的;體力的;手工操作的;
?? mechan(machine)+ical(形容詞后綴)→機械的；呆板的
"His mechanical calculating engines were the antecedents of the modern computer."
他的機械計算機是現代電子計算機的雛形.
近義：automatic, perfunctory, robot, robotic, rote, unconscious
反義：craft, hand, handy
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. 個人的，私人的;身體的;親自的;人身攻擊的;
n. （報刊上的）人事欄，分類人事廣告版;人稱代名詞;關于個人的簡訊;
?? person人+al...的 →個人的
"Her sole aim is personal aggrandizement."
她唯一的目的就是擴大個人權勢。
近義：private, privy, cozy, cosy, cosey, cozie
反義：open, overt, patent, communal, cold, glassy
n. 區別;榮譽;特質;卓越;
?? distinct明顯的+ion表名詞 → 區別；優秀
"We must draw a clear distinction between right and wrong."
我們必須明確區分是與非.
近義：title, cachet, elegance, excellence, unlikeness, difference
反義：impoliteness, indecency, obscenity, roughness, rudeness, uncouthness
n. 原型，雛形，藍本;
?? proto原始+type種類→原始模式→原型
"Metal - wheeled chariots are the prototype of the tanks of modern warfare."
金屬輪戰車是現代戰爭中坦克的原型.
近義：archetype, model, mold, original, paradigm, pattern
n. 報紙，報;舊報紙;新聞紙;
?? news新聞+paper紙 → 報紙
"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：journal, paper, periodical, gazette, newsprint