The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.
📚 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. 洪水;泛滥;溢流;探照灯;
vi. 涌出;为水淹没;
vt. 淹没;
💡 flo(flow)+od(名词后缀)→泛滥；洪水
"They built dykes and dam to hold back the rising flood waters."
他们修筑了堤坝来阻挡上涨的洪水.
近义：inundate, overflow, submerge, swamp, deluge, drown
反义：purge, rinse, sap, scoop, swill, bleed
adj. 无用的，无效的;无价值的;差劲的;不怎么样的;
💡 use用+less无...的 →无用的
"The measures were decried as useless."
这些措施受到指责，说是不起作用。
近义：idle, inane, ineffective, insignificant, lousy, needless
反义：helpful, assistive, available, profitable, purposive, serviceable
n. 事件，形势;东西，事物;家伙;事业;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。
近义：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
adj. 又一个;再一个;另一的;其他一种;
pron. 另一个，别个;再一个;
"The company has now amalgamated with another local firm."
这家公司现在已与当地一家公司合并了。
近义：other
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