Men can know more than their ancestors did if they start with a knowledge of what their ancestors had already learned....That is why a society can be progressive only if it conserves its traditions.
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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. 有学问的;博学的;学术上的;精通某门学问的;
v. 学习(learn的过去式和过去分词);得知;
💡 learn学习+ed形容词后缀 → 有学问的；学术上的
"He has not yet learned how to be gracious in defeat."
他还没有学会怎样豁达大度地面对失败。
近义：highbrow, informed, knowing, knowledgeable, lettered, literate
n. 社会;上流社会;社团;社群;
adj. 上流社会的，社交界的;
💡 socie=social社会+ty表名词 → 社会，社团
"Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society."
文明社会憎恶种族主义。
近义：aristoi, community, institution, merging, partnership, brotherhood
反义：personhood, self, selfhood, distinctiveness, individual
adj. 不断前进的;进步的;进行的;
n. 改革论者;进步分子;
💡 pro向前+gress行走+ive名词后缀，表人 →进步者
"It was a progressive disease and he would suffer more and more."
病情逐渐加剧,他将忍受越来越大的痛苦.
近义：progressionist, outcoming, outreaching, advanced, advancing, creeping
反义：praetorian, rightist, tory, traditionalist, receding, sagging
v. 知道;了解;认识;确信;
n. 知情;
💡 知道know的人爱说自己不no知道
"Do you know your ABC?"
你认识所有的字母吗？
近义：learn, understand, get, cognize, comprehend, meet
n. 开始;动身;开动;起点;
vt.& vi. 出发，启程;
vt. 起动;提出（问题）;开办;使开始;
vi. 起始;突然出现;突然跳起;突然涌出;
"The students return in October for the start of the new academic year."
学生于十月返校，开始新学年的学习。
近义：begin, commence, open, implement, induct, initiate
反义：realize, stop, terminate, accomplish, clinch, close