Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less in human beings of whom they know nothing.
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prescribe [prɪ'skraɪb] 词频3 词根: scrib
vt. 指定,规定;指定,规定; vi. 建立规定,法律或指示;开处方,给医嘱;
💡 pre预先+scribe写→预先写好药量 → 开药方;命令
"The doctor prepared to prescribe a receipt."
医生准备开个药方.
近义:assemble, recommend, formulate, lapse, expire 反义:contraindicate, discommend, predominate, prevail, stand
cure [kjʊr] 词频2 词根: cur
vt. 治愈;矫正;解决;消除; vi. 受治疗;被加工处理; n. 治愈;药物;疗法;措施;
💡 cur 关心 + e → vt.治愈,治疗,医治; n.治愈,对策,疗程,补救;
"Prevention is better than cure, so start looking after your heart now."
防病比治病好, 所以从现在开始照顾好你的心脏.
近义:heal, remedy, treat, correct, appease, lighten 反义:sicken
human ['hjumən] 词频1 词根: hum
n. 人,人类; adj. 人的;有人性的;显示人类特有弱点的;人本性的;
💡 hum土,地+an名词后缀,属于...的,传说人是由土造出的 → 人类
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老师打了个比喻,把人的心脏比作水泵。
近义:mortal
know [no] 词频1 词根: 知道
v. 知道;了解;认识;确信; n. 知情;
💡 知道know的人爱说自己不no知道
"Do you know your ABC?"
你认识所有的字母吗?
近义:learn, understand, get, cognize, comprehend, meet
little ['lɪtl] 词频1
adj. 小的;琐碎的;娇小的;幼小的; adv. 不多,略微;少许,一点;短时间地; n. (表示否定)微少;没有多少;短时间; det. (数量上)微少的,少到几乎没有的;(a little)少量的,一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的装腔作势令她不快。
近义:minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny 反义:large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
less [les] 词频1
adj. 较少的(little的比较级);较小的;较次的,较劣的;较不重要的; adv. 较少地,较小地; prep. 减去;少掉;不足; n. 较少,较小;
"We aim to improve opportunities for the less advantaged in society."
我们的宗旨是为社会地位比较低下的人增加机会。
近义:least, lesser, minus

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