If a person offend you and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures. Simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick.
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n. 人;（語法）人稱;身體;容貌;
?? person-, parson- 表”人類”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看見前面提到的那個人行動可疑。
近義：individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter
反義：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
vt. 觸怒;得罪，冒犯;使反感令人不適;
vi. 犯規(guī)，觸犯;
?? of反對+fend打擊→一再打擊[別人]→冒犯，得罪
"Perhaps, unconsciously, I've done something to offend her."
我也許無意中做了什么得罪她的事。
近義：impugn, inconvenience, injure, insult, irk, irritate
反義：apotheosize, honor, hurrah, applaud, laud, magnify
n. 懷疑，疑慮;未確定;
vt. 懷疑，疑惑;
vi. 不確定，不能肯定或懷疑;
?? doubt二→二種狀態(tài)→懷疑
"a feeling of doubt and uncertainty"
遲疑不定的感受
近義：disbelieve, hesitation, hesitate, mistrust, question, stagger
反義：prove, reassure, verify, vouch, check, demonstrate
adj. 有意的，故意的;策劃的;
?? in作...+tent伸展+ion名詞后綴 + al 屬于...的 → adj.有意圖的, 故意的
"I'm sorry I left you off the list—it wasn't intentional."
很抱歉沒把你列在名單里—我不是有意的。
近義：premeditated, purposeful, purposive, spontaneous, voluntary, wilful
反義：unintentional, unmeant, unwilled, unwitting, unwilling
vi. 求助于或訴諸某事物，采取某手段或方法應急或作為對策;
n. 求助，憑借，訴諸;熱鬧場所，娛樂場，度假勝地;采用的辦法;常去，人多，人群;
?? sort =kind,表示”種類”#詞根助記：re反復+sort分出=經(jīng)常把……分出來=常去的地方,常用的手段
"One has sometimes to resort to these little devices."
人們有時還得依靠這些小玩意兒.
近義：recur, complex, resource, source, sunspot
adv. 簡單地，樸素地;（引出概括或解釋）不過，僅僅;簡直;<非正>實在;
?? sim一次 + ply 折疊 →折一次 → ad.簡單地；樸素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
這架時鐘純屬擺設，它再也不走了。
近義：just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反義：elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly