It took me twenty years of studied self-restraint, aided by the natural decay of my faculties, to make myself dull enough to be accepted as a serious person by the British public.
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n. 抑制，克制;控制，限制;拘束;約束力;
?? re(back)+straint(draw tight)→抑制；監禁
"She exercised all her self-restraint and kept quiet."
她好不容易才忍住沒說話。
近義：measuredness, moderation, abstinence, privation, reasonableness, repression
反義：immoderation, licentiousness, orgy, unbridling, unleashing, unrestrainedness
adj. 自然的;物質的;天生的;不做作的;
n. 自然的事情;（生來的）白癡;[樂]（風琴等的）白鍵;
?? natur=nature自然+al...的 →自然（界）的
"She showed a natural aptitude for the work."
她表現出了做這工作的天賦。
近義：inherent, lifelike, unaffected, native, raw, unprocessed
反義：hypothetical, illusional, illusionary, illusive, illusory, imaginative
vt.& vi. （使）腐爛，腐朽;
vi. 衰敗，衰退，衰落;
n. 腐敗、衰退的狀態;
?? de向下+cay落下→向下掉→衰退;腐敗
"The decay of the meat could have been prevented by proper refrigeration."
如果經過適當的冷藏,這些肉本來不至于腐爛掉.
近義：molder, putrefy, putresce, rot, spoil, taint
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
adj. 公眾的，公共的;公開的;政府的;人人知道的，知名的;
n. 大眾;社會;公共場所;（文學家等的）愛讀者;
?? publ人民+ic...的 → 公開的，公眾的
"The public are requested not to throw waste paper in the park."
公眾被要求不得在公園里亂扔廢紙.
近義：assistance, attendance, audience, turnout, concurrence, concurrency
反義：participator, plaintiff, sharer, actor, inside, noteworthy
n. 二十，二十個;二十多歲;二十年代;許多，大量;
num. 二十;
adj. 二十的;
?? twen=two二+ty十 → 二十
"The farmer picked twenty pears."
農民摘掉了二十個梨子。