Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.
📚 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. 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
vt.& vi. (使)下决心,(使)做出决定;
vt. 决定,确定;判定,判决;使决定;限定;
vi. [主用于法律]了结,终止,结束;
💡 de加强动作+termin界限+e→加强界限→下决心
"An inquiry was set up to determine the cause of the accident."
已展开调查以确定事故原因。
近义:ascertain, pinpoint, decide, appoint, itemize, post
反义:invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, outlaw, proscribe
n. 行动,活动;功能,作用;手段;[法]诉讼;
💡 后缀:ion 构成抽象名词,表示行为,行为的结果
"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:movement, advance, implement, start, activate, proceeding
反义:inactivity, ineffectiveness, inertia, rest, inactiveness
adj. 死去的;完全的;无感觉的;呆板的;
adv. 完全地;非常;绝对;极度;
n. 死者;(死一样的)寂静;极寒时候;
💡 呆的,人 死是“呆的
"We don't know whether he's alive or dead."
我们不知道他是死是活。
近义:asleep, numb, numbed, unfeeling, benumbed, unresponsive
反义:mindful, aware, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful
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"RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day."
— Ambrose Bierce