techical words
- Memory Footprint
- Internet of Things(IOT)
- Websites receiving heavy traffic
- Well-known
tech giants
such as Netflix and Microsoft use Node.js - technical debt, it’s a metabphor, means choose a compromise plan for accelerating developing
Namespace Imports
命名空间导入
noun
jail | prison
We define prison
used as “a place of confinement especially for lawbreakers” is more serious, and jail
as “a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.”
the fundamental difference between jail and prison is the length of stay for inmates.
trip | journey | travel
- noun , going to another place and returning.
- noun, going from one place to another.
- verb , to go to a place and especially one that is far away.
distinction and difference
A particular characteristic that makes a person or thing stand out from others.
The way that people or things differ.
there is a difference between Ford and Mercedes vehicles, but Mercedes has more distinction.
adj
cruel & brutal
brutal is adjective means savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel while cruel is not nice, mean or heartless.
major & big & huge
big and huge, means something big and important
major is the focus of a certain subject
complex & complicated
The code is very easy to understand. It is not complex. However, it is complicated.
- complex is used to refer to the level of components in a system. If a problem is complex, it means that it has many components. 结构复杂
- complicated refers to a high level of difficulty. If a problem is complicated, means it will take a lot of hard work to solve. 难懂/难解
related & relevant
- things that are related in some way
- directly relating to the subject or problem being discussed or considered
verb
swap && exchange
swap suggests that you’re trading things of equal value, Exchange is much more general and means trading something
decide && determine
decide
is used on the normal things while determine
is used for a hard decision
i decided to read this book
i determined to read this book with a fime heart and nothing will stop me
simply a none and a verb
- practice & practise
- advice & advise
- affect & effect
Affect a noun refer to a feeling, emotion, or specific emotional response
Effect a verb means to bring about. It usually shows up with nouns like “change” or “solutions.”
1 | The protesters wanted to effect change in the corrupt government. |
recycle & reclaim
- to break down and reuse component materials.
- to return land to a suitable condition for use.
other
each & every
each is used when we know the amount
focus on each individual member of the group taken separately
every is used when there has more than Two Objects, or refer to an regular occurance
points to all the individual members of the group
1 | In tennis, there are two or four players. Each player has a racket. |
every one | everyone
the latter emphasize on the “one”
- These houses all look the same at first, but every one is slightly different.
- Amy is very popular. Everyone likes her.
rather than && instead of
i prefer A rather than B
i choice A intead of Brather than
shows preference of choice where instead of
shows replacement.rather than
carries a connotation that A is better than B. while instead of
just simply A and not B
if && whether
the fomer suggests there is one potential option.
the later means if or not
, is used when there has two or above potential outcomes, whether ... or ...
.
such & so
- such + noun phrase
- Those are such good chocolates.
- She is such a great cook
- so + adjective or adverb phrase, so + much, many, little, few + noun
- Why do you drive so fast? (so + adverb)
- That was so unpleasant. (so + adjective)
in & into
- We use
in
to express a state, about where something is in relation to a larger area around it - We use
into
to talk about the movement of something, usually with a verb that expresses movement (e.g. go, come).
in & within
Within
is closer to inside - it mainly refers to something like a building where you are physically in (or inside).- In 6 days,…”, You limit the time in the sentence exactly.
many of whom & many of them
- many of whom + a sub clause
- many of them + a main clause
among thom & among them
- relation pronoun
- in their middle
phrase applying
Also we know that astronauts, when they go up into space, find the air becomes thinner as they go higher.
Distinction without a difference
I did not lie; I merely stretched the truth a little bit.
blessing in disguise
without a hitch
self-loathing
as they age
in the memory of
in one piece
When you are in survival mode, your focus is on getting through the day in one piece.shed blood
sweet spot
Wrap Up
populates with
Side-note
Multiple big names
First Things First
As the name suggests
voila
in-between
“everything in between” means just what it says - everything of a type, or everything between two points.take a stand