The fact of first-rate importance is the predominant role that custom plays in experience and in belief, and the very great varieties it may manifest.
最重要的是，风俗在实践中和信仰上所起的举足轻重的作用，以及它所表现出来的极其丰富多采的形式。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 44 Patterns of culture
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 重要性;重要地位，显著;骄傲，自大;
💡 im进+port拿，运+ance名词后缀→带有意义的状态→重要性
"an awareness of the importance of eating a healthy diet"
认识到健康饮食的重要性
近义：influence, ascendancy, predominance, prevalence, prominence, pull
反义：nonissue, pinhead, smallness, trifle, insignificancy
adj. 主要的，占主导地位的;占优势的，卓越的;有影响的;特优种;
💡 pre ….前的，预先 + domin 主人 + ant 表示属于...的、具有...性质的 → a.占主导地位的,显著的,流行的
"It is the land which makes the predominant contribution."
土地为我们作出了最显著的贡献。
近义：apogean, influential, outlasting, paroxysmal, peak, predominating
n. 经验，体验;经历，阅历;
vt. 亲身参与，亲身经历;感受;发现;
💡 ex出+per尝试+ience名词后缀→尝试出来的东西→经验
"Salary will be commensurate with experience."
薪金将会与资历相称。
近义：career, tradition, undergo, savvy, skill, expertise
反义：inexpertness, rawness, unskillfulness, callowness
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. 事实，实情;实际;真相，证据;犯罪行为;
"They sat bemoaning the fact that no one would give them a chance."
他们坐着埋怨别人不肯给他们一个机会。
近义：particular, reality, sooth, substantiality, truth, verity