While she always criticized the fickleness of human nature, she carried on an unrelenting search for the ideal servant to the end of her days,
她一方面总是批评人的本性朝三暮四，另一方面她又持之以恒地寻找一个理想的佣人。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 49 The ideal servant

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

human ['hjumən] 词频1 词根: hum
n. 人，人类; adj. 人的;有人性的;显示人类特有弱点的;人本性的;
💡 hum土,地+an名词后缀，属于...的，传说人是由土造出的 → 人类
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老师打了个比喻，把人的心脏比作水泵。
近义：mortal
nature ['netʃɚ] 词频1 词根: 出生
n. 自然;天性;天理;类型;
💡 nat出生的+ure状态→出生状态→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
两党制的对抗性
近义：milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment
ideal [aɪ'diəl] 词频2
adj. 理想的，完美的;被认为是最好的;完全或相当令人满意的;想象的，假设的; n. 理想;典范，典型;目标，高尚的、有价值的原则或目标;
💡 ide=idea思想，观点+al名词后缀 → 对未来的思想 → 理想
"Any attempt to construct an ideal society is foredoomed to failure."
任何构建理想社会的努力都注定要失败。
近义：idealization, intention, aspiration, mark, objective, purport 反义：inappropriate, inapt, incompatible, insufficient, lacking, scanty
servant ['sɝvənt] 词频1 词根: serv
n. 仆人，佣人，雇工;[美]奴仆，奴隶;官吏，公务员，服务员;随员，献身…的人;
💡 serv服务，保持+ant表示人 →仆人；公务员
"They treat their mother like a servant."
他们像对待用人一样对待自己的母亲。
近义：helper, houseboy, lackey, lacquey, maid, manservant
fickleness [['fiklnis]]
n. 易变; 无常; 浮躁; 变化无常
近义：hurry, inconstancy, levity, lightness, nimbleness, swiftness 反义：application, industriousness, industry, insistence, loyalty, assiduity

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

A cat's ability to survive falls is based on fact.
猫在跌落时能够大难不死是有事实作为依据的。
The idea that modern art can only be seen in museums is mistaken.
那种认为现代艺术只能在博物馆里才能看到的观点是错误的。
I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.
我把蜗牛的事已忘得一干二净，罗伯特突然提出一定要我留下来吃晚饭，这才提醒了我。
In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable.
在19世纪，小说家常在小说结尾处给读者准备一系列的巧合——大部分是牵强附会，极不可能的。
Mrs.Bussman commented on the workman's close resemblance to her husband and even suggested that he might be his brother.
巴斯曼夫人说那工人与她丈夫相貌很像，甚至猜测他可能就是她丈夫的兄弟。
Inevitably the repair job was not quite so simple.
事实上，修理工作远不是那么简单。