It's silly to go on pretending that under the skin we are all brothers. The truth is more likely that under the skin we are all cannibals, assassins, traitors, liars, hypocrites, poltroons.

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truth [tr?θ] 詞頻1
n. 真理;真相,事實(shí);忠實(shí),忠誠;現(xiàn)實(shí),現(xiàn)實(shí)性;
?? tru相信,真實(shí)+th抽象名詞 →事實(shí),真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness 反義:hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
likely ['la?kli] 詞頻1
adj. 可能的;適合的;有希望的; adv. 可能;或許;大概;多半;
?? like可能 + ly...的\/地 → a.可能的 ad.很可能
"Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble."
這種糕餅用米粉做不那么容易碎。
近義:inclined, apt, liable, ostensible, plausible, possible 反義:imaginary, implausible, improbable, unbelievable, uncertain, utopical
silly ['s?li] 詞頻2
adj. 蠢的;糊涂的;不明事理的;沒頭腦的; n. (常用于向孩子指出其愚蠢行為)傻孩子,淘氣鬼;傻子,蠢貨;
?? 稀里(諧音):稀里 胡涂 傻的人認(rèn)“死理”(諧音)
"That was a silly thing to do !"
那事做得蠢!
近義:idiot, imbecile, ass, ninny, nit, noodle 反義:ingenious, intelligent, inventive, argute, knowing, astute
under ['?nd?] 詞頻1
prep. 在…下面,在表面之下;在…的假定表面或掩飾下;少于,小于;在…情況下; adv. 在下面;少于;在水下;在昏迷中; adj. 較低的,下面的;
"The admiral visited the ships under his command."
艦隊(duì)司令視察了他所統(tǒng)率的軍艦。
近義:underneath, below, beneath 反義:above, over, up, atop, onto, upon
skin [sk?n] 詞頻1
n. 皮,皮膚;(蔬菜,水果等)外皮;毛皮; vt. 剝皮,削皮;擦破皮,擦傷;欺騙; vi. 使愈合,長皮; adj. <俚>色情的;
"The cream is easily absorbed into the skin."
這種乳霜皮膚易吸收。
近義:peel, flense, flench, flinch, excoriate, flay 反義:implant, graft
pretending
v. 假裝;偽裝(pretend的現(xiàn)在分詞)
近義:playacting, pretence, pretense, simulation, disguising, dissimulation

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