The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
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n. 历史,历史学;发展史;履历,经历;(某地的)沿革;
💡 histor过去发生的事 + y 表名词→ 历史;个人经历
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言,他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义:archives, papers, past, background, record, records
n. 文明,文化;开化,教化;修养;文明社会;
💡 civil市民;礼貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明,文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
近义:humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
adj. 非常宝贵的;无法估计的;无价的;金不换;
💡 in不+valu价值+able形容词后缀→无法估价的
"The book will be invaluable for students in higher education."
这本书对于高校学生将有重大价值。
近义:imponderable, incalculable, inestimable, priceless, uncounted, unfathomable
反义:assessable, measurable, ratable, taxable, excisable
adj. 极端的,非常的;致命的,致死的;非常有效的;如死一般的;
adv. 极其,非常;死了一样地;
💡 dead死 + ly如...的、有...特征的、→ 致死的,致命的;极度的,十足的
"Greed is one of the seven deadly sins ."
贪婪是七罪宗之一。
近义:lethal, mortal, noxious, poison, poisoning, poisonous
反义:nonmalignant
adj. 全部的,所有的;完整的;
n. 整体,整个;全部;
💡 who(谁)+le(乐): 整个的 用W去堵洞(hole)不就变成 整个的了吗?
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整栋大楼很快就熊熊燃烧起来。
近义:totality, unity, continuum, entirety, intact, integral
反义:quota, share, slice, imperfect, sketchy, unaccomplished
n. 第一,最初;头等;一号,;[乐]高音部;
adv. 最早,最初;首次;宁愿;优先;
adj. 第一流的;最初的,最早的;基本的,概要的;高音的;
num. 第一;
💡 泰森 第一拳(fist)打在稻草(r)人身上,训练
"Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper'On Narcissism '."
弗洛伊德在他的论文《论自恋》中首次提到了这个概念.
近义:initial, beginning, prime, foremost, initiative, preliminary
反义:hindermost, hindmost, latest, latter, rearmost, utmost