Day 20:
* complete with 包括，含有
incorporate, comprise, consist, constitute皆可表此意。
* New vocabulary:
hoary 陈腐的，老掉牙的
obituary 讣告
fold （公司，戏剧等）倒闭，停演
lockout 闭厂，停工
philharmonic （用于乐团名称）热爱音乐的 e.g. Berlin Philharmonic 柏林爱乐乐团
bloodlust 杀戮欲，暴力欲
autopsy 尸体解剖
ensemble 乐团，剧团，歌舞团（的全体成员）
comatose 不省人事的，昏迷的；酣睡的
barb 箭钩，倒刺（barbed 在精读里面积累过！）
abstruse 难解的，深奥的
savagery = violence 残暴行为
maniacally 狂野地（文学导读积累过的词）
intendant 管理者
pundit 权威，专家
jeremiad 哀诉，诉求清单
aberration 反常现象
agitator （政治上的）煽动者
benchmark 基准
polyglot = multilingual
lineage 世系，家族，血统
* spasm 痉挛，抽搐
（感情或反应）一阵阵发作，阵发 e.g. a spasm of anxiety/anger/coughing/pain, etc. 突然一阵...
* morbid
病态的，不正常的 e.g. morbid curiosity/fascination
然后就是medical的用法了。 a morbid gene
morbidity n.
* be fixated on 紧咬着不放
这个写法很有趣啊
* demise 一个意思是：终止，失败，倒闭
另外一个意思就是指死亡了(formal or humourous)。
注意在这个释义下demise可以有很多固定搭配。
e.g. his imminent/sudden/sad demise
the mystery surrounding Elena's untimely demise
* infographic: information graphics
* -monger 散布（无价值之消息）的人
doom-mongering
* purported 据称的，传言的
e.g. a letter purportedly written by Mozart
* palpable 可察觉的
a palpable sense of relief 如释重负
It is palpably clear what she really means.
* acumen 精明，敏锐
business/financial/political etc acumen
* cursory 匆忙的，仓促的
a cursory glance/examination/inspection
* cultural prowess 感觉像是文化霸权一样的词语...不过应该不是“霸权”这样带有强烈政治色彩的解释...
* flex soft power
* profess
第一种意思是“妄称，声称”,derogatory.
e.g. She still professed her innocence.
I don't profess to be an expert in this subject.
第二种意思比较中性：declare
e.g. She professed herself satisfied with the progress so far.
第三种意思：信仰
profess Christianity
* -ridden 充斥...
复合词词库。
e.g. crisis-ridden
* throes （尤指死亡前的）剧痛 e.g. death throes 临终阵痛
[IDIOMS]
in the throes of sth 在...的阵痛，动荡中
e.g. The country was in the throes of revolutionary change.
Day 21:
Rebuttal:
Formation:
好了看了Annie的rebuttal我真的跪了...
太棒了简直。
其实一开始有一些类似Annie分析rebuttal的想法。因为本身作者一直在反驳那些doomsayers的logic errors啊，fallacy啥的。
只不过我的大脑太迟钝，不会做classification。
所以从现在开始学啦!
Rebuttal RV:
Still in need of improvement in comparison with Annie's.
I think the fundamental of this article is to counteract those logic fallacies in the Slate article.
Well generally the author mentioned a lot...
Yet my mind is really not clear enough
Maybe we'll see it later.
Day 22:
Humourous, succinct and well-organized. My first impression on this article.
I can barely find any complicated vocabularies in the article though all new for me :) which exactly speaks for its precise language.
Very brilliant.
It completely presents a significant trait of English composition: the variation of words.
gravestone illustration/the hoary cliche
(sarcasm)
obituary
spasm of morbidity
be fixated on
a creepy bloodlust
... as though an autopsy were being conducted on a still-breathing body. 这个simile赞！
a purportedly comatose industry
a niche market
doom-mongering
concern-troll
doomsayer