in short, the individual in conflict with himself and his frontier environment.
总之，主人公是一个自相矛盾，又与他的拓荒环境相矛盾的人物。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 21 William SHart and the early 'Western' film
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 个人的;独特的;个别的;
n. 个人;个体;
💡 in加强+di分开+vid分开+ual...的→与别人分开的→个人的，个体的
"Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job."
一旦就业，即停发福利救济。
近义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
反义：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
n. 冲突;战斗;相互干扰;矛盾;
vi. 抵触;争斗;战斗;冲突;
💡 con共同+flict打→一起打斗→冲突
"The programme presented a balanced view of the two sides of the conflict."
节目公平地反映了冲突双方的情况。
近义：object, oppose, recalcitrate, resist, clash, differ
反义：rapport, togetherness, unison, unity, bonhomie, fraternizing
n. 边疆，边境;边界，边缘;尚待开发的领域;
adj. 边疆的，边界的;新垦地的，边地的;开拓的;
💡 front前面+ier表名词，人或物 →边疆，边境
"the frontier between the land of the Saxons and that of the Danes"
撒克逊人土地和古斯堪的纳维亚人土地的边界
近义：march, marchland, precinct, border, borderland, boundary
n. 环境，外界;周围，围绕;工作平台;（运行）环境;
💡 environ 环境+ ment 表示行为、行为的过程或结果 → n.环境，外界；围绕
"A bad home environment can affect a child's healthy growth."
不良的家庭环境能影响儿童的健康成长.
近义：milieu, nature, atmosphere, background, space, surroundings
adj. 短的，短暂的;矮的;短缺的;短期的;
adv. 突然;唐突地;简短地;横贯地;
n. 短裤;短路;缺乏;
vt. 故意少给…的零头，骗取;
vi. 短路;
💡 削头”（谐音）削了头人还能不 矮吗？ 网友：双木成林 补充：缩的（谐音），这样就成短的；矮的
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小说是一种很难掌握的艺术形式。
近义：abridgment, abbreviation, little, minute, small, squat
反义：lengthened, lengthy, imprudent, intrepid, manful, mettlesome