One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.
📚 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. 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
n. 意见，主张;评价;鉴定，判定;
💡 opin- 表”假设,想,判断”
"The general opinion is that the conference was a success."
普遍认为这次会议是成功的。
近义：judgement, judgment, notion, persuasion, sentiment, tenet
n. 智慧，明智;常识，好的判断力;知识，学问;古训;
💡 wis=wise智慧的+dom状态或领域 →智慧
"The received wisdom is that they cannot win."
大家一致认为他们不会赢。
近义：prudence, sageness, sanity, sensibleness, carefulness, discretion
反义：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
n. 理由;原因;理性;理智;
vt.& vi. 推理，思考;争辩;辩论;向…解释;
💡 再（re）生一个（a）儿子(son)， 理由是第一个儿子夭折了
"The reason for the flood was that heavy rain."
水灾是那场大雨造成的.
近义：ratiocinate, think, conclude, deduce, deduct, motivation
反义：idiocy, applesauce, imbecility, inaccuracy, inanity, mistake
n. 赛跑;人种;竞争;民族;
v. 参加比赛;快速移动;空转;
💡 比赛跑（r=run）第一（ace，扑克a）
"Much to his chagrin, he did not win the race."
使他大为懊恼的是他赛跑没获胜.
近义：hurry, nip, run, scurry, speed, sprint
反义：pace
pron. (it的反身形式);它自己，它本身;自身，本身;
"The human race has enough weapons to annihilate itself."
人类有足够的武器灭绝自己。
近义：herself, himself, oneself, themselves, yourself, yourselves