整理的英文单词
● Par == equal
at par, above par, or below par /.up to par,
You play golf to equal the expert(专家) score
my testing skills is pared to my senior associate
● Malus is bad; bonus is good.
malediction is a curse; a benediction (ben′-Ə-DIK′-shƏn) is a blessing,
contrast to malefactor is benefactor (BEN′-Ə-fak′-tƏr), one who does good things for another, as by giving help, providing financial gifts or aid, or coming to the rescue when someone is in need.
● infidel (IN′-fƏ-dƏl), one who does not have the right faith or religion
● Benediction and malediction derive from dico, dictus, to say, tell.
● Dictaphone combines dico /to say，tell/with phone, sound; 录音机
● contradict, to say against, or to make an opposite statement
Don’t contradict me!”;
“That contradicts what I know”)
Dictate, dictator, dictation, dictatorial (dik′-tƏ-TAWR′-ee-Əl)—words that signify telling others what to do (“Do as I say!”）
● Volo, to wish, to will, to be willing (as in malevolent, benevolent), occurs in voluntary, involuntary, volunteer, words too familiar to need definition, and each quite obviously expressing wish or willingness.
volition (vō-LISH′-Ən), the act or power of willing or wishing, as in “of her own volition
● when husband and wife, or lovers, quarrel, one of them finally makes a placative gesture if the war no longer fulfills his or her neurotic needs—one of them eventually will wake up some bright morning in a placatory mood.
If you are placid (PLAS′-id), you are calm, easygoing, serene, undisturbed—etymologically, you are pleased with things as they are. 平静的
If you are complacent (kƏm-PLAY-sƏnt), you are pleased with yourself (com-, from con-, with, together);
● You may condone cheating on one’s income tax, shoplifting from a big, impersonal supermarket, or exceeding the speed limit,
Condone is built on Latin dono, to give, the root found in donor, one who gives; donate, to give; and donation, a gift.
极客 小心那些平淡无奇、人畜无害的简单小词！
● Edge case occurs at an extreme (maximum or minimum) operating parameter.
Corner case occurs outside of normal operating parameters, specifically when multiple environmental variables or conditions are simultaneously at extreme levels, even though each parameter is within the specified range for that parameter.
Boundary case occurs when one of inputs is at or just beyond maximum or minimum limits.
从字面意思上来看，感觉边缘案例和边角案例似乎都是在可允许的范围内，取参数的最大值，边缘案例是一个参数，而边角案例是多个。边界案例似乎就已经达到或略微超出输入的范围。边缘案例和边角案例说的都是操作参数，这个不一定是用户输入的，也可能是环境、温度之类；而边界案例有特指用户输入参数的意思
● A pragmatic person deals with things in a practical way
I suddenly know pm are a kind of pragmatic/præg’mætɪk/ person.
● Edge cases are a funny thing.
funny 的意思都是偏负面的
要想夸别人很风趣，我们一般不说“You are so funny.”或者“You are a funny guy.”，容易让人误会你在说他“逗比”“二货”之类。而常用的是“You are so much fun”
interesting，其实它也是“呵呵”的意思
- Could we consider some other options？能否考虑其他方案？（你的方案是狗屎）
- It was a bit disappointing that…我感到有些失望……（你们 XXX 干的叫什么事！！！）
- Oh, by the way…顺便提一句……（下面要说的可能是谈话里最重要的一件事……）
- It is quite good. 还行吧。（不咋地。）
- It is not bad. 不坏。（真心不错，但不要骄傲。）
- With all due(预期的/)the greatest respect…恕我冒昧，恕我直言……（后面跟的话就是要骂人了。）I hear what you say…你的意见我听到了……（你给我闭嘴吧！）
- It is a very brave proposal. 这真是个勇敢的提议。（我看这个愣头青大概是疯了吧！）
- I almost agree…我基本同意？（同意个鬼，基本不同意。）
● map out the future 的意思是“筹划未来”。
它的英文解释是：If you map out something that you are intending to do, you work out in detail how you will do it.
It is important to map out the big picture first so that we can systematically identify user requirements.
With the whole IT picture in hand, we can map out how the information flows from start to finish.
I used to map out my daily plan
● MVP 指的是 Minimum Viable/[ˈvaɪəbl]/ Product 可实行的
MLP 指的是 Minimum Lovable Product
● More and more in this age of social media, it seems like people of differing views are unwilling to attempt to find a middle ground.
Maybe I and Mr.wang could find a middle-ground
● I’m afraid of missing out some opportunities
● It seems like I rush towards my good future
● The Lastest bit of mental bling
● Sometimes I think I have mental problems
● My grandmother likes to wear bling
● You 're really blinged-out there
● You simply know you won’t go through it
● I often feel anxious, because I’m not satisfied with my life
● My associates who are cantonese were clamouring/ˈklæmərɪŋ/ for the five days salary
● I’m a restless people, and I often shake my leg ,it’s not a good habit (restless leg syndrome/'sɪndrəm/)
● Enjoy the present loveliness 美好 and emptiness
● Spurn the treasure on the shelf
● I was in favor of 是为了 making more money
● Don’t think of sunk cost means not regret your wrong choices
● I highly doubt if I do a good choice.
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● you can (figuratively) titillate people, or their minds, fancies, palates
● Titillation (tit′-Ə-LAY′-shƏn) has the added meaning of light sexual stimulation.
● Adulation (aj′-Ə-LAY′-shƏn) is flattery and worship carried to an excessive, ridiculous degree.
● proscribed activities are the most pleasant ones—
● pro-, before, plus scribo, scriptus, to write.
● Manuscript, combining manus, hand (as in manual labor), with scriptus, is something handwritten
● To subscribe (as to a magazine) is to write one’s name under an order or contract (sub-, under, as in subway, subsurface
● to subscribe to a philosophy or a principle is figuratively to write one’s name under the statement of such philosophy or principle.
● To inscribe is to write in or into (a book, for example, or metal or stone).
● A postscript is something written after (Latin post, after) the main part is finished.
● leaving for work early will obviate worry about being late.
● without great significance; you will confine your conversation to trivialities [ˌtrɪviˈæləti]
● A militant reformer is one who fights for reforms
● Sally is a militant in the Women’s Liberation movement.
● to malign is to speak evil about
● the malign influence of his unconscious will to fail.
● malediction (mal′-Ə-DIK′-shƏn), a curse, i.e., an evil saying.
● malevolent (mƏ-LEV′-Ə-lent), wishing evil or harm—a malevolent glance, attitude, feeling, etc.
● Add the root facio, factus, to do or make (also spelled, in English words, fec-, fic-, factus, or, as a verb ending, -fy), to form the adjective maleficent (mƏ-LEF′-Ə-sƏnt), doing harm or evil, or causing hurt—maleficent acts, deeds, behavior.
● malefactor (MAL′-Ə-fak′-tƏr) is a wrongdoer, an evildoer, a criminal—a malefactor commits a malefaction (mal′-Ə-FAK′-shƏn), a crime, an evil deed.
● maladroit (mal′-Ə-DROYT′), clumsy, bungling, awkward, unskillful
● malaise (mƏ-LAYZ′), an indefinite feeling of bodily discomfort, as in a mild illness, or as a symptom preceding an illness
● Proscribe, to forbid, is commonly used for medical, religious, or legal prohibitions
● A large and steady income obviates fears of financial insecurity
● If something militates against you, it fights against you
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open language designing a survey
● In cucumber ,feature may refer to function
● For pm, when define the function they may need to have quantitative data.
● Dividing quantitative data into different groups they will have qualitative data.
● ‘wenjuanxing’ is a good survey platform ,our company use it to collect data.
● I should be intentional with the planning part when I decide to spend time on something
● I think testing is a craft
● To save time, when I ask other people to question I should be short and sweet and to the point.
● All I do is pertaining to my future
● For us ,we don’t like open ended question, because it will make us spend more time.
● In the planning meeting ,we should pose some questions for the convenience of test
● We often skew /skju/ other people’s words
● If you want to grow up you must consistently learn new things.
● though i think there are too many case to execute,i can finish it in time logistically
● I want to engage into AT group
● If I do a good job, I hope my boss would incentivize me .
● When I work in marriot, I often get some swags.
● We often have prize-giving quiz activities,and I can get raffles.
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极客时间tradeoff 还是 trade-off？用连字符到底对不对？
● A trade-off is a situation where you make a compromise between two things, or where you exchange all or part of one thing for another.
Life is full of trade-offs. You cannot have your cake and eat it too.
Spending time is also a tradeoff.
● breakout
Bubble economy usually starts with false prosperity and ends in a breakout of financial crises
Point Break was a breakout film for Kathryn Bigelow in 1991.
Get rid of my habits is a breakout to me
● outbreak
Fears are growing of avian influenza outbreak following the appearance of several cases in the city.
The outbreak of Coronavirus is in 2020
● A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
逐渐减少使用连字符是一个发展趋势就可以了
● By 2020, scientists will figure out how to control robots via brain-machine interfaces.
scientists will figure out how to control Coronavirus in the near future
● I was juggling books, shopping bags and the baby.
I was juggling study, making money, growing up
● According to a study published by the American Psychological Association, you spend between 20 and 40 percent more time when you multitask
To save time I should not multitask
● They can quickly go back-and-forth between the two sides of the same coin: product features and engineering effort and tradeoffs.
back-and-forth 的意思是“来来回回”，英文解释是：moving first in one direction and then in the opposite one
I’ve always felt that tragedy and comedy are two sides of the same coin. Love and hate are the opposite sides of the same coin.
I want to be a kind of person that goes back-and-forth easily
● If you gain insight or an insight into a complex situation or problem, you gain an accurate and deep understanding of it.
Having a good insight of life will help me live happily
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wpme
● equities
stocks in the financial markets are equities, and the value of your home or other property over and above the amount of the mortgage you owe is your equity in it
iniquity is wickedness, sinfulness.
● equinox
a combination of aequus and nox, noctis, night.
● Nocturnal
Nocturnal (nok-TURN′-Əl), derived from nox, noctis, describes people, animals, or plants that are active or flourish at night rather than during daylight hours.
Cats and owls are nocturnal, as is the moonflower,
● nocturne
nocturne (NOK′-turn) is a musical composition of dreamy character (i.e., night music), or a painting of a night scene.
● Equability
person of equable (EE′-kwƏ-bƏl or EK′-wƏ-bƏl) temperament is characteristically calm, serene, unflappable, even-tempered.
● Equilibrium libra
the abbreviation for the word pound is lb.
Equilibrium is a state of physical balance,
When you are very drunk you may have difficulty keeping your equilibrium—the force of gravity is stronger than your ability to stay upright.
● equilibrist
An equilibrist (Ə-KWIL′-Ə-brist), as you might guess, is a professional tightrope walker—a performer successfully defying the law of gravity (when sober) by balancing on a thin overhead wire.
● equilateral (from Latin latus, lateris, side）
● Equestrian
Equestrian (Ə-KWES′-tree-Ən) is someone on a horse (as pedestrian is someone on foot);
● equestrienne
equestrienne (Ə-kwes′-tree-EN′) is a woman on a horse (if you must make the distinction);
● equine
equine (EE′-kwīn) is like a horse,
equestrian statue;
● the ped- in pedestrian, from Latin pedis, foot, with the ped- in pediatrician, from Greek paidos, child
● Vociferous
If you are vocal (VŌ′-kƏl), you express yourself readily and freely by voice;
● vocalize
vocalize (VŌ′-kƏ-līz′) is to give voice to
Vocalize your anger, don’t hold it in!
Vocalize what you want to say ,or you will get sick.
● vox plus magnus, large Magnavox 米罗华公司（美国电视制造商）
trade name
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wpme
● Par == equal.
at par, above par, or below par /.up to par,
You play golf to equal the expert(专家) score
my testing skills is pared to my senior associate
● Parity/equality
Parity/equality payments to farmers
i don’t have a salary parity with my associates
● c/disparagement/disparaging lower someone’s par, or feeling of
Why do you always make disparaging remarks about me?
he not only maligns but also Disparage other people
● Disparity a lack of equality
of the disparity between someone’s promise and performance
of the disparity between the rate of vocabulary growth of a child and of an adult.
Our philosophies are so disparate that we can never come to any agreement on action
to make progress,i need to know my Disparity with other people
compare and all its forms (comparable, comparative, etc.) derive from par,
(con-, com-, together, with).
Pair and peer are also from par.
Things (shoes, socks, gloves, etc.) in pairs are equal or similar
your peers are those equal to you, as in age, position, rank, or ability.
● Equivocate equal—aequus/vox, vocis, voice.
When you equivocate (Ə-KWIV′-Ə-kayt′), you seem to be saying both yes and no with equal voice.
Professional politicians are masters of equivocation
publicly, that they unequivocally promise, if elected, to…; and then they start equivocating for all they are worth
equivocation saves his life
● ambiguity ambi-, is a root meaning both
Equivocal is, in short, purposely ambiguous.
her words are full of ambiguity
● double entendre [ɪnˈdʒendər]==double meaning.
double entendre is a way of conveying meaning
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How To Talk About Actions
● disparage : vt. 蔑视, 贬损 /dɪˈspærɪdʒ/
i just want to show some ideas ,but i think she disparage me.
● Equivocate 说模棱两可的话, 支吾其词
i don’t think he doesn’t have a clear idea,he just wants to Equivocate that makes everyone loves him
● titillate : v.使…觉得痒,挑逗, 刺激, 挠痒，触动
icecream can titillate our palates.
● adulate : v.奉承
sometimes i like to be adulated.
● proscribe : v.禁止,放逐,排斥,剥夺…的公权
doctors proscrive my grandmother from eating food contain sugar
● militate : v.发生作用, 有影响
my childhood experience militated against my communicating willings
● malign : v.诽谤, 中伤, 说坏话 adj.有害的,恶性的, 有恶意的
rumors from him maligns me
● condone : vt. 宽恕
i can’t condone his neglect
● obviate : v.排除, 消除, 避免
knowledge helps me obviate poverty
● placate : v.抚慰, 平息, 和解
i placate him bacause i love him
极客 什么时候适合用“词根词缀法”来背单词？
● progress（前进、进化）和 regress（后退、退化）
● reactive 消极的
● progress 进化
● proactive 主动的
maybe,i have made some regress recently.
i’m a proactive person
reactive programming 响应式编程
● settle for 将就
● settle 安顿
i can’t settle for my job,i need to chase a higher paid job
So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.
● specification spec 设计规范 详细说明
specification is a little misleading.
● jump to 匆匆忙忙很快，草率
don’t jump to conclusion,may be you are wrong
you need to tidy your room,jump to it
Mr.wang jump to my defence
● approach 处理方法/ 找某人谈话
the approach to this problem is stupid.
my method approach to this problem is desirable
极客 03｜到底要不要学语法？什么时候学比较好？
● thin air 凭空产生
opportunities don’t just come out of thin air.
fortune/good job don’t just come out of thin air
it seem likes that he gets lots of money from thin air
● take the time
it took me two weeks to finish the task
● fit in
i can’t fit in with other person,i don’t think it’s because of my personality,it’s my childhood
● empathetic /sympathy [ˈsɪmpəθi]
be empathetic /ɛmpə’θɛtɪk/ with other people is a good communacation skill
i can’t show sympathy to him.
● dive 往深的挖下去，深入挖掘
provide a deep dive into the programming language
Each article will dive deep into these concept.
● metrics
software metrics 软件测量 / 度量 有时候也叫 software measurements