Why does the idea of progress loom so large in the modern world? Surely progress of a particular kind is actually taking place around us and is becoming more and more manifest.
为什么进步这个概念在现代世界显得如此突出？无疑是因为有一种特殊的进步实际上正在我们周围发生，而且变得越来越明显。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 22 Knowledge and progress
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 进步;前进;[生物学]进化;（向更高方向）增长;
v. （使）进步，（使）进行;发展;促进;
vi. 发展;（向更高方向）增进;
💡 pro向前，在前+gress走→向前走
"She watched the cow's ponderous progress."
她看着牛迟缓地向前走着。
近义：improve, unfold, advance, develop, evolve, gestate
反义：pullback, pullout, recoil, retirement, walkout, withdrawal
adj. 特别的;详细的;独有的;挑剔的;
n. 特色，特点;（可分类，列举的）项目;详细情节，细情，细目;某一事项;
💡 part部分，分开+icular有…的→有自己的部分→特别的
"There is one particular patient I'd like you to see."
我想让你见一个病人。
近义：item, technicality, circumstance, detail, fact, factor
反义：artless, modest, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, average
adv. 实际上;事实上;确实;竟;
💡 actual(真实的)+ly(副词后缀)→真实地；实际地
"What did she actually say?"
她到底是怎么说的？
近义：inclusively, just, authentically, properly, quite, real
vt. 显示，表明;证明;使显现;
adj. 明白的，明显的;
n. 货单，旅客名单;
💡 mani手+fest打击→用手打出→不隐藏→明显的v表明；证实
"It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries."
他们使国家进行工业现代化,明显失败了.
近义：reveal, say, show, state, vent, clarify
反义：mask, obscure, occult, screen, secrete, shade
n. 主意，想法;[哲]理念，观念;[乐]乐句;模糊想法;
💡 dear(亲爱的），你有什么好idea(主意）
"How does the idea of a holiday in Spain grab you?"
你对于到西班牙去度假这个主意感兴趣 吗 ?
近义：intent, knowledge, notion, purpose, think, thought