The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a 'but'.

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praise [prez] 詞頻1 詞根: 價值
n. 贊揚,稱贊;崇拜;贊詞; v. 贊揚,贊美;歌頌;崇拜;
?? prais價值,評價+e→稱其有很高價值,給以很高評價→稱贊,贊美,贊揚,頌揚
"He referred to your work in terms of high praise."
他對你的工作大加贊揚.
近義:apotheosize, honor, hurrah, applaud, laud, magnify 反義:attack, recuse, reproach, batter, hammer, censure
contemptible [[k?n'tempt?b?l]] 詞頻5
a. 卑鄙的, 可輕蔑的, 不足掛齒的
近義:horrible, low, lowly, mean, odious, base 反義:important, notable, noted, noteworthy, noticeable, perceptible
kind [ka?nd] 詞頻1 詞根: /kin/
n. 〈古〉方式,方法;本質,天性;同類;某類; adj. 仁慈的,體貼的;友善的,好心的;溫和;寬宏大量的;
"Beneath his gruff exterior, he's really very kind-hearted."
他外表冷漠,心地卻十分善良。
近義:nature, order, quality, rank, sort, stamp 反義:heedless, impolite, inattentive, inclement, abrupt, loutish
first [f?st] 詞頻1
n. 第一,最初;頭等;一號,;[樂]高音部; adv. 最早,最初;首次;寧愿;優先; adj. 第一流的;最初的,最早的;基本的,概要的;高音的; num. 第一;
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"Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper'On Narcissism '."
弗洛伊德在他的論文《論自戀》中首次提到了這個概念.
近義:initial, beginning, prime, foremost, initiative, preliminary 反義:hindermost, hindmost, latest, latter, rearmost, utmost
meanest
vt. 表示…的意思;意思是;作…解釋:;意味著;即是:\\nvi. 用意;懷有特定用意;有重要意義;有重要性;有影響:
speaks
v. 講, 談( speak的第三人稱單數 ); 說; 演說; 從某種觀點來說

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