By faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature's softened, and more gentle grows.
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adj. 忠实的;忠诚的;正确的;
n. 信徒;
💡 fai(trust)+th+ful(形容词后缀)→忠实的;忠诚的
"Belgium replied that she had always been faithful to her international obligations."
比利时政府答复说,比利时一贯忠实履行其国际义务.
近义:loyal, reliable, responsible, staunch, truehearted, trusted
反义:recreant, traitor, unloyal, disloyal, false
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
adj. 温和的;文雅的;高尚的;
vt. 使温和;使驯服;
n. 蛆;饵;
💡 gen “出生,种族”#词根助记:gen+tle→出身好的→高雅的
"a quiet and gentle man"
温文尔雅的男士
近义:master, tame, break, domesticate, mellow, mild
反义:impolitic, inconsiderate, loutish, randy, rank, raw
n. 学习,研究;课题;书房;结论;
vi. 考虑;沉思;默想;努力;
vt. 想出;详细地检查;背诵(台词等);为…费心思;
"The figures for 2001 were used as a baseline for the study."
这项研究以2001年的数据为基础。
近义:investigate, assay, peruse, probe, research, resolve