philosophers by selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort.
牧师靠卖精神安慰为生。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 27 Nothing to sell and nothing to buy

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

wisdom ['wɪzdəm] 词频2 词根: wise
n. 智慧，明智;常识，好的判断力;知识，学问;古训;
💡 wis=wise智慧的+dom状态或领域 →智慧
"The received wisdom is that they cannot win."
大家一致认为他们不会赢。
近义：prudence, sageness, sanity, sensibleness, carefulness, discretion 反义：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
spiritual ['spɪrɪtʃʊəl] 词频2 词根: spir
adj. 精神的;心灵的;高尚的，崇高的;宗教的; n. 圣歌（尤指美国南部黑人的）;教会事物;
💡 spirit精神+ual...的 →精神的；宗教的
"a spiritual that segued into a singalong chorus"
一首转为会众集体跟唱的灵歌
近义：unworldly, church, clerical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical 反义：worldly, temporal, earthly, earthy
comfort ['kʌmfət] 词频1 词根: 力量
n. 安慰;舒适;使人舒服的事物;给予援助或安慰的人或事; vt. 安慰，使舒适;使（痛苦等）缓和;
💡 fort(=forc表力) force 力 一起(com)用力(fort)使舒适 安慰 向外(e)用力(fort)叫 努力(effort) 使(en)有力(fo
"A small drop in the inflation rate was cold comfort for the millions without a job."
对数百万失业者来说，通货膨胀率的微降是不起作用的安慰。
近义：appease, liven, assure, mollify, pacify, balm 反义：prostrate, undeceive, abate, chill, disenthrall, damp
selling
a. 卖的, 销路好的, 出售的\\n[经] 卖盘, 出售, 销路好
近义：sale, vendition 反义：attainment, procurance, procuration, procurement, purchase, acquirement
philosophers
n. 哲学家( philosopher的复数形式 ); 豁达的人

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.
”编辑立即给那位记者发去传真，要求他核实一下台阶的确切数字和围墙的高度。
These alone took sixteen months to build.
仅这两座塔就花了16个月才建成。
It was difficult not to be tempted.
要想不为这些东西所动心是很困难的。
Reward or punishment are meted out quite independent of human interference.
奖惩的实施是不受人意志支配的。
To protect themselves from the icy water, they had to wear special rubber suits.
湖水冰冷刺骨，他们必须穿上一种特制的橡皮服以保护自己。
We gently woke him up and asked him to ferry us to the other side.
我们轻轻地把他唤醒，请他把我们摆渡过溪。