Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
📚 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
n. 抱负;渴望得到的东西;追求的目标;夙愿;
vt. 追求;有…野心;
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"She never achieved her ambition of becoming a famous writer."
她一直未能实现当名作家的夙愿。
近义：covet, dream, moneygrubbing, avarice, avidity, avidness
反义：humanitarianism, largeheartedness, largess, largesse, liberality, munificence
conj. 虽然，尽管;即使;纵然;
adv. 可是，但是;不过;然而;话虽这样说;
prep. 但;
"He's the best teacher, even though he has the least experience."
他虽然经验最少，却是最出色的老师。
近义：however, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, tho', howbeit
pron. (it的反身形式);它自己，它本身;自身，本身;
"The human race has enough weapons to annihilate itself."
人类有足够的武器灭绝自己。
近义：herself, himself, oneself, themselves, yourself, yourselves
n. 恶习;不道德行为;（肉体的）缺陷，疾病;（文体等的）缺点，瑕疵;
prep. 代替;取代;
adj. 副的;代替的;
vt. 用老虎钳夹紧;钳制;
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"Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Burns"
空军少将安德鲁∙伯恩斯
近义：vise, clamp, immorality, peccancy, shortcoming, turpitude
反义：virtuousness
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
n. 原因;动机;理由;事业;
vt. 成为…的原因;导致;引起;使遭受;
💡 不是(be)因为(because) 引起的
"The martyr laid down his life for the cause of national independence."
这位烈士是为了民族独立的事业而献身的.
近义：induce, inspire, instigate, instill, make, occasion
反义：hinder, obstruct, oppose, avert, preclude, prevent