There is no social problem it is more incumbent upon us to understand than this of the role of custom.
而没有任何一个社会问题比得上风俗的作用问题更要求我们对它理解。
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
adj. 社会的，社会上的;交际的，社交的;群居的;合群的;
n. 联谊会，联欢会;社交聚会;
💡 soc社会+ial形容词后缀 → 社会的
"political groups agitating for social change"
鼓吹社会变革的政治团体
近义：party, approachable, kindly, neighborly, neighbourly, personable
反义：sociopathic, dissocial
n. 问题;疑难问题;习题;引起麻烦的人;
adj. 成问题的;难处理的;关于社会问题的;
💡 problem- 【希腊传入拉丁】字面上表”向前抛的东西”也表问题
"His mind reached after an understanding of the problem."
他开动脑筋,想弄懂这个问题.
近义：headache, hitch, imbroglio, jam, knot, matter
反义：repair, reparation, workaround, remedy, refitting, overhauling
adj. 在职的;义不容辞的;靠在[压在]上面的;弯垂下来的;
n. 在职者;教会中的任职者;〈英〉教区牧师;
💡 in向内，进入+cumb躺+ent形容词后缀，具有…性质的→躺在官位上的人→任职者；牧师
"the present incumbent of the White House"
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近义：applicable, apropos, pertaining, pertinent, relevant, suitable
反义：immaterial, improper, inappropriate, inconsequential, inopportune, awry
vt.& vi. 懂，理解;
vt. 了解;默认;听说;领会;
💡 under(under)+stand→懂；了解；通晓；认为
"That's just an approximation, you understand."
你知道那仅仅是近似值。
近义：ideate, imagine, apprehend, interpret, assimilate, penetrate
反义：misapprehend, misconstrue, mishear, misinterpret, misrepresent, misread
prep. 在…上面;当…时候;
"It was a title bestowed upon him by the king."
那是国王赐给他的头衔。
近义：above, atop, on, onto, over, o'er