Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in advanced age, and if we do not plant it while young, it will give us no shade when we grow old.
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n. 了解，理解;知识（表示多方面的知识时有复数knowledges这一用法）;学科;见闻;
💡 know知道+ledge框架 → 知识
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英语已经学得很好。
近义：idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
反义：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
adj. 舒适的;安逸的，处于轻松的;充裕的;
💡 com共同+fort强大，力量+able能...的 → 愉快舒适的
"We stayed at Tom's place. It isn't exactly Buck House, but it's comfortable enough."
我们待在汤姆那里。那并不是巴克宫，但足够舒适了。
近义：inviting, snug, cosey, cozie, comfy, cosy
反义：inconvenient, awkward, uneasy, unemployed, comfortless, constrained
adj. 必要的;强制的;必然的;不可避免的;
n. 必需品;
💡 necess必要 + ary 表示有...性质的， → a.必要的；必然的
"Vitamin D is necessary to aid the absorption of calcium from food."
从食物中吸取钙需靠维生素D的帮助。
近义：indispensable, inevitable, mandatory, needful, obligatory, obliged
反义：needless, pointless, profitless, purposeless, redundant, reiterative
vi. 撤退，后退;撤销，作罢;（眼睛等）凹进;[航]向后倾斜;
n. 撤回;静居处;引退期间;静思，静修;
💡 re回，向后+treat拉→拉回来→撤退
"The army was forced to retreat after suffering heavy losses."
部队因伤亡惨重被迫撤退。
近义：leave, back, backtrack, recede, retire, retrocede
反义：invasion, assault, attack, offensive, onrush, onset
n. 植物，草木;设备;工厂;庄稼;
vt. 种植;安，插;建设，布置;移民于;
💡 plant Plant=plant,表示”种植”
"The plant exudes a sticky fluid."
这种植物分泌出一种黏液。
近义：seed, sow, cultivate, shrub, industry, installation
反义：reap, crop
adj. 先进的;高等的，高深的;年老的;晚期的;
v. 前进(advance的过去式和过去分词);增加;上涨;
💡 advanc前进+ed...的→ 先进的，高级的
"There were only three of us on the advanced course."
只有我们三人学高级课程。
近义：progressive, civilized, developed, forward, anticipated, late
反义：posterior, subsequent, succeeding, ulterior, farther, following