I have seen the hippopotamus, both asleep and awake; and I can assure you that, awake or asleep, he is the ugliest of the works of God.
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adj. 睡著的;休眠的;麻木的;已死的;
adv. 熟睡地;處于麻木不仁的狀態;長眠;
?? a在…，…的+sleep睡覺→睡著的
"Her breathing became steady and she fell asleep."
她的呼吸變得均勻，便睡著了。
近義：sleeping, dormant, numbed, resting, sleepy, slumbering
反義：mindful, aware, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful
adj. 醒著的;警惕的;
vt.& vi. 喚醒;喚起;覺悟;
?? a加強意義+wake醒著→喚醒，使醒
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他發覺自己醒了過來，而且高度警覺。
近義：awaken, rouse, wake, waken, arouse, revive
反義：kip, sleeping, dormant
vt. 向…保證;使…確信;<英>給…保險;
?? as一再+sure確定→一再確定→肯定，確信
"He hastened to assure us that the press would not be informed."
他急忙向我們保證新聞界是不會知道的.
近義：maintain, assert, asseverate, aver, avouch, ratify
反義：negative, refute, traverse, veto, controvert, disaffirm
v. 看見( see的過去分詞 );觀看;領會;考慮;
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看見前面提到的那個人行動可疑。
hippopotamus
[?hip?'p?t?m?s]
n. 河馬（產于非洲）;
"And so what does Hippopotamus wish to close with?"
河馬想說些什么來結束此篇?
works
[w?:ks]
n. [機] 工廠，工場;工程;所有的事物;全套物品;作為（ work的名詞復數 ）;
v. （使）工作（ work的第三人稱單數 ）;（使）運作;運轉;（使）產生效果;
"Afternoons he works at home."
每天下午他在家里工作。
近義：jobs, industry, installation, mill, plant, factory