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deflect
To turn aside, especially from a straight or fixed course.
🌱The stealth technology used on bombers and fighter jets works by deflecting radar energy, making them "invisible." 🌳Use of the physical meaning of deflect is common. Thus, a soccer goalie's save might involve deflecting the ball rather than catching it, and workers wear eye shields to deflect tiny particles flying out of machines. But the nonphysical meaning may be even more common. A Hollywood actress might deflect criticism about her personal life by giving lavishly to charity, for example, and we've all tried to change the subject to deflect a question we really didn't want to answer. reflective 1、 Capable of reflecting light, images, or sound waves.
2、 Thoughtful.
🌱He likes action movies and going out drinking with friends, but when you get to know him you realize he's basically reflective and serious. 🌳Reflective people are people who reflect on things—that is, look back at things that have been done or said in order to think calmly and quietly about them. Most reflective people would agree with Socrates that （as he told the jury that would soon sentence him to death） "The unexamined life is not worth living." Reflective people tend to be a bit philosophical and intellectual. But almost everyone has reflective moods; gazing into a fireplace or a campfire seems to do it to almost everyone. genuflect To kneel on one knee and then rise as an act of respect.
🌱At religious shrines in China, pilgrims may not only genuflect but actually lie down flat on the ground. 🌳Genuflection, which contains the root genu-,"knee," has long been a mark of respect and obedience. King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table genuflected not only when he knighted them but whenever they greeted him formally, and this custom remains in countries today that are still ruled by royalty. In some churches, each worshipper is expected to genuflect whenever entering or leaving a pew on the central aisle. inflection 1、 A change in the pitch, tone, or loudness of the voice.
2、 The change in form of a word showing its case, gender, number, person, tense, mood, voice, or comparison.
🌱She couldn't understand her grandfather's words, but she knew from his inflection that he was asking a question. 🌳Changing the pitch, tone, or loudness of our words are ways we communicate meaning in speech, though not on the printed page. A rising inflection at the end of a sentence generally indicates a question, and a falling inflection indicates a statement, for example. Another way of inflecting words is by adding endings: -s to make a noun plural, -ed to put a verb in the past tense, -er to form the comparative form of an adjective, and so on.
🌱The stealth technology used on bombers and fighter jets works by deflecting radar energy, making them "invisible." 🌳Use of the physical meaning of deflect is common. Thus, a soccer goalie's save might involve deflecting the ball rather than catching it, and workers wear eye shields to deflect tiny particles flying out of machines. But the nonphysical meaning may be even more common. A Hollywood actress might deflect criticism about her personal life by giving lavishly to charity, for example, and we've all tried to change the subject to deflect a question we really didn't want to answer. reflective 1、 Capable of reflecting light, images, or sound waves.
2、 Thoughtful.
🌱He likes action movies and going out drinking with friends, but when you get to know him you realize he's basically reflective and serious. 🌳Reflective people are people who reflect on things—that is, look back at things that have been done or said in order to think calmly and quietly about them. Most reflective people would agree with Socrates that （as he told the jury that would soon sentence him to death） "The unexamined life is not worth living." Reflective people tend to be a bit philosophical and intellectual. But almost everyone has reflective moods; gazing into a fireplace or a campfire seems to do it to almost everyone. genuflect To kneel on one knee and then rise as an act of respect.
🌱At religious shrines in China, pilgrims may not only genuflect but actually lie down flat on the ground. 🌳Genuflection, which contains the root genu-,"knee," has long been a mark of respect and obedience. King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table genuflected not only when he knighted them but whenever they greeted him formally, and this custom remains in countries today that are still ruled by royalty. In some churches, each worshipper is expected to genuflect whenever entering or leaving a pew on the central aisle. inflection 1、 A change in the pitch, tone, or loudness of the voice.
2、 The change in form of a word showing its case, gender, number, person, tense, mood, voice, or comparison.
🌱She couldn't understand her grandfather's words, but she knew from his inflection that he was asking a question. 🌳Changing the pitch, tone, or loudness of our words are ways we communicate meaning in speech, though not on the printed page. A rising inflection at the end of a sentence generally indicates a question, and a falling inflection indicates a statement, for example. Another way of inflecting words is by adding endings: -s to make a noun plural, -ed to put a verb in the past tense, -er to form the comparative form of an adjective, and so on.
FLECT comes from flectere, the Latin verb meaning "to bend." The root sometimes takes the form flex-.Things that are flexible can be bent, and when you flex a muscle, you're usually bending a limb—which, as a trainer at the gym will tell you, requires the use of flexor muscles.🌸