- denote 显示 (evince)
- connote 意味着
- digress, stray
- hackneyed 老生常谈的,陈词滥调的 (banal, corny == phoney,cliche)platitude
- far-fetched 牵强的 lame/pathetic excuse
- prosaic --- prose 散文,
- mosaic 马赛克
- tangible -- intangible
- karma
- redundancy 多余,-- lay-off 裁员
- superfluous
- ponderous 冗长的 (tedious, long-winded, lengthy, prolix, verbose)
- concise , succinct, laconic -- lactose 乳糖
-
abridge 删减(retrench -- trench 壕沟, curtail -- curt, abbreviate)
- brevity, brief
- mortify, humiliate
- thread 主线 -- tread, downtrodden
- motif 主旨 tenet 宗旨
- gist 要点 fist 拳头👊
- subscribe to 持有(观点)
- cogent 令人信服的
-
compelling: that makes you think it is true
- paradigm 范例
- fathom sth out 理解
- comprehensible, comprehensive 综合的
- elusive 难找的,难记忆的 (profound ...很深的 -- profundity)
- grope for 摸索, scour sth for sth
- conversant 熟知的 -- converse
- perplex, bewilder, befuddle, confound, baffle 使困惑
-
equivocate 闪烁其词, vague
- unquivocal
- scrutiny 细查 -- scrutinize
- skimmed milk 脱脂奶
- error, erratic 古怪的, errand 差使, errant 犯错的
- blunder 错误 -- blunt
- adage 格言,谚语
- maxim
- motto
- aphorism
- proverb
- extract 摘录
- excerpt
- coin 发明新词
- neologism
- catchword 标语
- buzzword 流行词
- verbatim 逐字的
- polyglot 会多种语言的人
- polymath 博学的
- glossary 词汇表
- colloquial 口语的
- liaison 连读,联络
- consonant 辅音
- preposition
- conjunction
- pronoun
- interjection 感叹词, eject, ejaculation
- predicate 谓语 verb
- adverbial 状语的
- attribute 定语 - tribute 贡品
- parenthesis
- comma 逗号,coma 昏迷
- colon 冒号,结肠
- cricket 蟋蟀,板球
- infinitive
- faculty
- alumni 校友
- pedagogy, pedant, pedagogue--demagogue
- subjunctive 虚拟语气
- terrain 地形
- domain 领域
- crew, staff
- fellowship
- bulletin 公报
- clip 剪报
- holistic
- curriculum , curricula
- syllabus
- oration 演讲(utter 发声)
- synopsis
- immerse -- submerge
- learn by rote 死记硬背
- cramming 突击 cram 塞
- mnemonics 记忆术
- strive -- strife
- rigid 僵化的 (rigorous)
- excruciating 折磨人的, crusade
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