that twenty or thirty pages of ideas and information would be capable of turning the present-day world upside down, or even destroying it.
二三十页材料中的思想和情报会使当今的世界天翻地覆，甚至毁灭这个世界。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 45 Of men and galaxies
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 信息，数据;通知;消息;知识;
💡 in进+form形状+ation名词后缀→通知的东西→信息
"The information and advice are boiled down to bare essentials."
各种资料与建议缩短为极简单的要点.
近义：notice, word, communication, info, intelligence, gen
adj. 能干的;有才能的;有才华的;能胜任的;
n. 有才能的，能干的;
💡 cap握住+able形容词后缀,具有某种性质的 → 有能力的，有才能的
"He's quite capable of lying to get out of trouble."
靠撒谎渡过难关他挺有一套。
近义：apt, proficient, qualified, skilled, suitable, usable
反义：incompetent, inefficient, unable, uncapable, unfit, unqualified
turning
['tɝnɪŋ]
n. 旋转;转向;转弯处;车工工艺;
v. 转动;扭转;（使）变成;“turn”的现在分词;
💡 turn转+ing名词后缀 → 转向；旋转
"Not turning up was just a cop-out."
不露面只不过是在逃避而已。
近义：turn, bend, corner, curve, revolution, rotation
adj. 现在的;目前的;出席的;[语法学]现在时的;
n. 现在;礼物;瞄准;
💡 pres前+ent名词后缀 → 礼物，赠送物
"a belated birthday present"
迟来的生日礼物
近义：offer, award, proffer, promise, accord, bestow
反义：implement, materialize, obtain, attain, perform, prosecute
n. 二十，二十个;二十多岁;二十年代;许多，大量;
num. 二十;
adj. 二十的;
💡 twen=two二+ty十 → 二十
"The farmer picked twenty pears."
农民摘掉了二十个梨子。