³ Note from the Etymology Fairy:conspicuousderives from the Latincom-, meaning together, plusspecere, meaning to observe (cf.spectacle). What is conspicuous is something that is easily noticed, and therefore noticed by everyone. A more Germanic construction might be "togetherseen." ⁴ Actually...
根据“The word is from the Latin word sexta, meaning sixth hour, so six hours after sunrise is the time to take a sleep for people to relax, which means a short nap between 10 and 30 minutes.”可知,追溯单词siesta的起源来了解更多关 于午睡时间的事情。故选F。 53.【解析】逻辑推理题。
28. more than meets the eye hidden motives, meaning, or facts 29. pick the eyes out Austral and NZ to select the best parts or pieces (of) 30. see eye to eye to agree (with) 31. set eyes on lay eyes on clap eyes on (usually used with a negative) to see: she had never laid...
The word pulverize comes from theLatin word 'pulvis' meaning'dust' or 'powder', and later from 'pulverizare', which means to 'reduce to powder'. What does the phrase sprawled out mean? From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English be/lie/sit sprawled (out)to be lying or sitting with...
The phrase “Deus Ex Machine” is derived from the Latin phrase “deus ex machina,” which means “god from the machine.” The phrase is often used to describe a sudden, unexpected event that changes the course of a story. The story I’d like to tell you, is how my book What Makes...
We see something on paper and it looks amazing, be it our rosters immediately after the draft, the depth chart status of a sleeper by week 1, or a cakewalk matchup to be exploited against a weak opponent. But sometimes, they just don’t work out. And it happens to writers too, ...
偶然看到的译文;英文译者为F. C. Conybeare,中文译者不详; 在发到知乎前我对格式(排版)进行了调整,都花了很久... 很难想象当时英译中的译者所付出的时间和精力。 所罗门的遗嘱,The Testament of Solomon 1.…
Limp wrists can show you are too weak. In fact, I was guilty of doing this early on in my career. Hand shrug When the hands are out to the side and palms facing up, you’ve got the hand shrug. What it Means: This is a universal “what do you know?” or “I don’t know...
strong and weak. Demagogues thereby undermine democratic commitments to pluralism and conceptions of justice that affirm multiple and conflicting forms of human experience and value. Demagoguery expands the marginal spaces that prophets inhabit, as prophets stand on the side of “the weak” and “the...
Is everyone else supposed to be speaking Latin all the time? Is the audience supposed to know he is Italian but not think about it with everyone else? I am confused!) If you have not already read it, see my Machiavelli Series for historical background on the Borgias. For similar ...