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[Vocabulary] tenet, essence, essential, essentially, extremely, trivial, omit, precise, candidate, spin off, underlying, wonder, encounter, opposite, opposition, subtle, subtlety, sake, brevity, vice versa, recognize

tenet(s)

信條, 原理, 原則, 宗旨

a principle of belief, especially one of the main priciples of a religion or philosophy.

the tenets of classical liberalism.

essence

n. 本質

the intrinisic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, that determines its character.

In essence

more:

confilict is the essence of drama.

essential

adj. 絕對必要, 非常重要

absolutely necessary; extremely important.

it's essential to keep up-to-date records.

essentially

adv. 實質上, 本質上

used to emphasize the basic, fundamental, or intrinsic nature of a person, thing, or situation.

Essentially, they are amateurs.

more:

It essentially rewinds the work you've done in your testing branch so you can go in a different direction.

extremely

to a very great degree; very

this is an extremely difficult thing to do.

trivial

adj. 微不足道, 不重要的, unimportant

of little value or importance

full suite of HTTP code to make a basic proxy extremely trivial.

more:

Here is a trivial example that prints "17 items are made of wool".

omit

忽略

leave out or exclude (someone of something), either interntionally or forgetfully.

ignore

a significant detail was ommitted from your story.

precise

adj, 精確的

marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail

precise directions.

more:

It also encourages the definition of precise interface, because you don't have to find every implementation and tag it with the new interface name.

candidate

候選人, 候選, 候補

a person who applies for a job or is nominated for election

candidates applying for this position should be computer-literate.

more:

Seems like a good candidate for having one goroutine per connection.

spin off

擺脫

you spin off many blocking operations into concurrently running goroutines.

underlying

底層的

An interface value is constructed of two words of data; one word is used to point to a method table for the value's underlying type, and the other words is used to point to the actual data being held by that value.

wonder

n. 奇蹟, 驚異

a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliarm, or inexplicable.

he had stood in front of it, observing the intricacy of the ironwork with the wonder of a child.

v. 懷疑

desire or be curious to know something.

how many times have i wriiten that, I wonder?

encounter

v. (非預期的)遇見

unexpectedlly experience or be faced with (something diffcult or hostile)

we have encountered on samll problem

more:

That is a simple example you're likely to encounter.

n.

opposite

adj. 相反的, 對面的

having a position on the other or further side of something; facing something, especially something of the same type.

a crowd gathered on the opposite side of the street.

more:

Let's go in the opposite direction: ...

oppostion

n. 反對, 反對派, 反對黨

resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument.

there was considerable opposition to the proposal.

more:

opposition companies

subtle

adj, 微妙的, 細微的

注意發音 ˈsətl

(especially of a change or distinction) so delicate or precise as to be diffcult to analyze or describe.

his language expresses rich and subtle meanings.

subtlety

精妙之處

注意發音 ˈsətltē

the quality or state of being subtle.

the textural subtlety of Degas.

more:

Another subtlety of interfaces is that an interface definition does not prescribe whether an implementor should implement the interface using a pointer receiver or a value receiver.

sake

n. 為了

for the purpose of; in the interest of; in order to achieve or preserve

the couple moved to the coast for the sake of her health

more:

For the sake of brevity, I won't put in the entire JSON representation of a tweet.

brevity

n. 簡短, 簡潔起見

concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.

A customer who responds positively to a cleverly worded e-mail perfer brevity and clarity in voice mail message.

vice versa

反之亦然

with the main items in the preceding statement the other way around.

science must be at the service of man, and not vice versa

recognize

注意發音 ˈrekigˌnīz,ˈrekə(g)ˌnīz

v. 認識, 認清, 辨認

identify (someone or something) from having encountered them before; know again.

i recognized her when her wig fell off.

more:

recognize a subtle difference: ...

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