The three dots '...' here suppress a lot of detail -- maybe I should have used four dots.
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
vt. 鎮壓，壓制;止住，忍住;禁止發表;阻止…的生長（或發展）;
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"He continued to suppress the people and serve the imperialists."
他繼續鎮壓人民,為帝國主義效勞.
近義：hide, omit, abstract, quash, quell, ban
n. 詳述;（照片、繪畫等的）細部;細目，瑣碎;各種細節;
vt. 詳述，仔細匯報;選派;清晰地說明;給于細部裝飾;
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"It is arguable that giving too much detail may actually be confusing."
過分詳細反而使人糊涂的說法是有道理的。
近義：itemize, specify, item, particular, technicality, circumstance
反義：abridge, abstract, shorten, synthesise, synthesize, telescope
adv. 也許;可能;大概;
n. 不確定性;
"Maybe he'll come, maybe he won't."
他可能來，也可能不來。
近義：uncertainty, perchance, perhaps, possibly, probably, haply
反義：indeed, indubitably, inevitably, infallibly, assuredly, absolutely
adj. 用過的;習慣于;二手的;舊的;
v. 使用（ use的過去式和過去分詞）;常常，經常;
"Things ain't what they used to be."
現在情況不比從前了。
近義：outworn, worn, utilized, wonted, accustomed
反義：unused, unworn