The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man.
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adj. 美丽的,美好的;极好的;
💡 beauti美丽+ful...的→美的,美丽的
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去,现在就要行动起来。
近义:arresting, lovable, lovely, beauteous, charming, adorable
反义:homely, inartistic, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely
adj. 固定的,不变的;不易挥发的;处境…的,常作复合词;(比赛等)通过作弊预先安排好结果的;
v. 固定( fix的过去式和过去分词);
💡 fix固定+ed被...的 →被固定的
"the expiry of a fixed-term contract"
定期合同的满期
近义:irremovable, nailed, pinned, secured, set, standing
反义:astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
n. 人,人类;
adj. 人的;有人性的;显示人类特有弱点的;人本性的;
💡 hum土,地+an名词后缀,属于...的,传说人是由土造出的 → 人类
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老师打了个比喻,把人的心脏比作水泵。
近义:mortal
n. 自然;天性;天理;类型;
💡 nat出生的+ure状态→出生状态→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
两党制的对抗性
近义:milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment
n. 结果;(尤指足球比赛的)胜利;[体]比分;成功实现的事;
vi. 发生,产生;归结为,导致;后果,终结;由…而造成[产生];
💡 re反问+sult跳→反回来的东西→结果
"Is personality the result of conditioning from parents and society, or are we born with it?"
个性是受父母和社会熏陶的结果,还是我们生而有之?
近义:implication, incidence, outcome, outgrowth, produce, progeny
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