小词详解 | counterpart
Language is the picture and counterpart of thought.
语言是思想的写照和副本。
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小词详解 | grim
More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return. Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment.
更重要的是，大批失业公民正面临严峻的生存问题，还有大批公民正以艰辛的劳动换取微薄的报酬。只有愚蠢的乐天派会否认当前这些阴暗的现实。
小词详解 | anatomy
No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.
任何男人都不应该结婚，除非他研究了解剖学并解剖了至少一个女人。
小词详解 | opaque
兜售不透明的连裤袜
to peddle opaque tights
小词详解 | murky
那个著名科学家有一段不清白的过去。
That eminent scientist had a somewhat murky past.
小词详解 | eminent
Eminent vs Imminent
小词详解 | apparatus
呼吸器官
the respiratory apparatus/organs
小词详解 | denomination
Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
《旧约全书》可以归类为敬畏；《新约全书》可以归类为信心。
小词详解 | malleable
Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.
习惯在你的一生中都是可塑的。
小词详解 | teem
Teem 这个单词比较好记，它与 meet 正好对称，就像小站之前推的 loot 与 tool 一样（参见：同音异义 | Loot & Lute）。
小词详解 | sleek
Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards.
六只光滑的天鹅迅速向南游去。
小词详解 | enact
It certainly makes no sense to enact more laws if we cannot, or do not, enforce the ones we have.
如果我们不能或不执行我们现有的法律，那么制定更多的法律当然毫无意义。