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原句: Although critically acclaimed, 2009's The Princess and the Frog was the most poorly performing of Disney's recent fairy tales.
意思: to praise or welcome sb/sth publicly
字源: early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘express approval’): from Latin acclamare, from ad- ‘to’ + clamare ‘to shout’. The change in the ending was due to association with claim. Current senses date from the 17th cent.
例句: The work was acclaimed as a masterpiece.
2. identical adjective
原句: Are all but identical to a printed page.
意思: similar in every detail
字源: late 16th cent. (as a mathematical term): from medieval Latin identicus, from late Latin identitas, from Latin idem ‘same’.
例句: The two pictures are similar, although not identical.
3. sizable adjective
原句: In the age of mega-franchises when movies need to appeal to a broad audience to justify a sizable investment.
意思: fairly large
例句: The town has a sizeable Sikh population.
4. outdated adjective
原句: About an outdated video game character who's been left behind by the march of technology.
意思: no longer useful because of being old-fashioned
例句: It is an outdated and inefficient system.
5. advent noun
原句: With the advent of "tween" TV.
意思: the coming of an important event, person, invention, etc
字源: Old English, from Latin adventus ‘arrival’, from advenire, from ad- ‘to’ + venire ‘come’.
例句: Before the advent of the railways, communications were slow and difficult.