quite apart from its significance as food, or from the literary idea that it will become a bird.
而完全不靠它的食用意义或它会变成鸟这样的文学概念来感觉。
新概念英语第四册
lesson 31 The sculptor speaks
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 意义;意思;重要性;
💡 sign记号，信号+ific产生…的+ance名词后缀→带有信号→重要；意义
"a decision of major political significance"
具有重大政治意义的决定
近义：import, meaning, purport, purposefulness, sense, significancy
反义：nonissue, pinhead, smallness, trifle, insignificancy
adj. 文学（上）的;精通文学的;爱好文学的;从事文学研究（或写作）的;
💡 liter文字,字母+ary形容词后缀 → 文学的
"a burlesque of literary life"
对文学生活的戏谑
vi. 变为，成为;变得;变成;
vt. 适合，适宜;相称，相当;变成;发生;
💡 be(upon)+come→变为；成为(=to come upon）
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：turn, wax, get, go, grow, suit
反义：remain, keep, stay, get
adv. 相当，很;非常;确实如此;
💡 教室非常（quite）安静（quiet）
"The scheme seems on the surface to be quite practical."
这个方案表面上看来似乎很实际.
近义：long, mighty, moderately, much, perfectly, pretty
反义：incompletely, approximately, insufficiently, miserably, nearly, poorly
adv. 相隔，相距;分散地，分开地;成部分，成碎片;分辨;
adj. 分离的，隔离的;
💡 a(=to)+part(部分):去 分开
"The two houses stood 500 metres apart."
两座房子相距500米。
近义：aside, separately