The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination.
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adj. 鄉(xiāng)村的，鄉(xiāng)下的;質(zhì)樸的，樸素的;粗魯?shù)?圓木造的;
n. 鄉(xiāng)下人，農(nóng)夫;粗漢;
?? rust農(nóng)村+ic...的人 →鄉(xiāng)村的，鄉(xiāng)下人
"an old cottage full of rustic charm"
充滿了鄉(xiāng)村魅力的舊農(nóng)舍
近義：artless, ordinary, pastoral, peasant, pedestrian, prosaic
反義：highbrow, learned, literate, mannerly, polite, scholarly
n. 人，人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于，布滿;使住滿人，在…殖民;把動物放養(yǎng)在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
conj. 因為;
?? cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,訴訟
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所屬政黨的關(guān)系而被捕。
近義：since, whereas, for, forasmuchas
adv. 一般地，通常;廣泛地，普遍地;概括地;主要地;
?? gener出生+ally...地→出生具有普偏性→通常地；通常強(qiáng)調(diào)普遍性
"It is generally accepted that people are motivated by success."
大多數(shù)人認(rèn)為成功會推動人的積極性.
近義：invariably, mainly, mostly, normally, periodically, regularly
反義：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
n. 想像，想像力;空想，妄想;想像出來的事物;
?? imagin=imagine想象+ation表名詞 →想象
"a product of her febrile imagination"
她狂想的產(chǎn)物
近義：imagining, visualization, gumption, creativeness, creativity, daydream
反義：sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
adj. …制的;（人工）做成的，拼成的;虛構(gòu)的;保證成功的;
v. 使(make的過去式和過去分詞);
"He made it absolutely clear."
他把此事講得一清二楚。
近義：manufactured, produced, done, fabricated, artificial, manmade