Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought-- particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.
📚 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
adv. 特别;尤其;异乎寻常地;
💡 particular特别的+ly...地→有自己的部分地→特别地
"Spending the holidays in Britain wasn't a prospect that I found particularly appealing."
在英国度假对我并不特别有吸引力。
近义：namely, peculiarly, privately, properly, really, singularly
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
vt.& vi. 记得;牢记;
vt. 记着;纪念;回想起;送钱[礼物]给…;
💡 re再+member记忆→再记得→回忆；记住
"She had a blackout and couldn't remember anything about the accident."
她眼前一黑，那场事故就怎么也想不起来了。
近义：awake, recall, recollect, retrospect, revive, celebrate
反义：neglect, overlook, shelve, unlearn, bury, disappear
adv. 依照;
v. 给予( accord的现在分词 );使和谐一致;使符合;使适合;
💡 according→accord(v. 相一致)+ing→依照- 根据
"According to Mick, it's a great movie."
据米克说，这是一部了不起的电影。
近义：applicable, appropriate, apt, meet, pat, proper
adj. 现代的;近代的;新式的;当代风格的;
n. 现代人，现代主义者;时髦人士;[印]现代字体，指印刷中所用的一种字体;
💡 音“摩登
"The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world."
很多人认为君主制在现代世界不合时宜。
近义：mod, new, newfangled, novel, recent, unworn
n. 空间，太空;空白，间隔;空隙;片刻;
vt. 把…分隔开，留间隔于…之间;
vi. 以一定间隔排列;
💡 谐音“四百四”，空间广大，超过四百四十光年。
"Sign your name in the blank space below."
把名字签在下面的空白处。
近义：interspace, area, room, expanse, ambit, capacity
反义：approximate, abut