No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.
📚 名句词汇解析
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adj. 显著的;引人注目的;容貌出众的;妩媚动人的;
v. 打( strike的现在分词);击;敲响;报时;
💡 strik=strike攻击+ing形容词后缀 → 攻击 → 惹人注目的
"She bears a striking resemblance to her older sister."
她酷似她姐姐。
近义：knock, knocking, pounding, rap, tapping, beating
n. 定罪;说服;确信;信念;
💡 con全部+vict征服，战胜+ion表名词→定罪；坚信
"His conviction was later quashed by the Court of Appeal."
后来，上诉法院撤销了对他的有罪判决。
近义：ideology, judgement, judgment, assurance, assuredness, notion
反义：hesitation, incertitude, indecision, indecisiveness, indefinition, indetermination
n. 虚荣，浮华;自负;空虚，无聊的事物;无价值的东西;
💡 van空+ity表名词→空虚
"A man's vanity is actually in proportion to his ignorance."
一个人的虚荣心实际上是和他的愚蠢程度成正比.
近义：immodesty, imperiousness, insolence, insolency, jactitation, arrogance
反义：humbleness, lowliness, meekness
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
adj. 公众的，公共的;公开的;政府的;人人知道的，知名的;
n. 大众;社会;公共场所;（文学家等的）爱读者;
💡 publ人民+ic...的 → 公开的，公众的
"The public are requested not to throw waste paper in the park."
公众被要求不得在公园里乱扔废纸.
近义：assistance, attendance, audience, turnout, concurrence, concurrency
反义：participator, plaintiff, sharer, actor, inside, noteworthy
n. 图书馆，藏书楼;藏书;书屋，书斋;图书出租处;
💡 libr书，平衡+ary表地方→图书馆 ，如sanctuary圣堂，避难所
"The books in the library are classified according to subject."
图书馆的书按学科分类。
近义：bibliotheca, study, cabinet, den
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