Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.
— William Carleton  ·  Character

📚 名句词汇解析

从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话

necessarily [,nɛsə'sɛrəli] 词频3 词根: necessar
adv. 必要地;必需地;必定地;必然地;
💡 necessari必要的 + ly 表示如...的、有...特征的、→ ad.必然，必定
"The number of places available is necessarily limited."
可录学生的名额不可避免地很有限。
近义：mandatorily, needfully, obligatorily, perforce, unavoidably, compulsorily 反义：superfluously, unnecessarily
strength [strɛŋθ] 词频1 词根: strong
n. 力量;优点，长处;（光、声、色等的）力度;人力[数];
💡 streng=strong强壮的+th抽象名词 →力量
"Colours like red convey a sense of energy and strength."
红色之类的颜色可给人以充满活力与力量的感觉。
近义：heart, impetuosity, impetus, impulsiveness, ardour, mastery 反义：puniness, weakening, weariness, exinanition, debility, destructibility
subdue [səb'du] 词频3 词根: sub
vt. 征服;克制;制服;
💡 sub在下面，次一等+due从属→从属在下面→征服
"Troops were called in to subdue the rebels."
军队被调来镇压反叛者。
近义：humble, humiliate, melt, mollify, overbear, overcome 反义：liberate, manumit, ransom, save, unchain, unfetter
strong [strɔŋ] 词频1 词根: str-
adj. 强的;坚强的;强烈的;强壮的; adv. 强劲地;猛烈地;大大地;坚强地;
💡 音“死壮“，死壮死壮的像头牛。
"total abstinence from strong drink"
戒绝烈性酒
近义：heavy, hefty, husky, massive, mighty, muscular 反义：impotent, infirm, labile, languid, languishing, languorous
character ['kærəktɚ] 词频2 词根: ch-
n. 性格;特点;字母;角色; vt. 刻，印;使具有特征;
💡 性格 品质佳的人坐着椅子(char-chair)也能做(act)两(er)天的事
"Her involvement in the fraud has left a serious blot on her character."
她卷入了这次欺诈案，在她的品格上留下了一个很大的污点。
近义：makeup, mettle, nature, personality, selfhood, spirit 反义：timidity, timidness
measured [['meʒəd]]
a. 整齐的, 慎重的, 基于标准的
近义：moderate, abstemious, abstentious, abstinent, poised, reserved 反义：immoderate, inordinate, intemperate, lavish, outermost, profuse

🏷 更多「Character」名言

"Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath."
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— Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
"In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it."
— Francis Thompson
"I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments."
— Nathaniel Emmons
"Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable."
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise."
— Seneca
"Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem."
— W. Somerset Maugham
"Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence."
— Elihu Burritt
"One can acquire everything in solitude - except character."
— Marie Henri Beyle
"I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind."
— Richard Greenberg
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