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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
extinct [ɪk'stɪŋkt] 词频4 词根: sting
adj. 灭绝的;绝种的;消逝的;破灭的;
💡 ex外+tinct=stinct刺→从外面刺→灭绝的
"The extinct volcano's eruption would mean a cataclysm for the city."
死火山又重新喷发,对这座城市来说意味着大难临头.
近义：obliterated, vanished, extinguished, late, lifeless, dead 反义：live, living, quickened, surviving, animated, actual
century ['sɛntʃəri] 词频1 词根: cent
n. 百年，一世纪;百个;（板球）一百分;<美>百元钞票;
💡 cent 表”百”; 十进制中表小数点的前缀
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常认为，蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
become [bɪ'kʌm] 词频1
vi. 变为，成为;变得;变成; vt. 适合，适宜;相称，相当;变成;发生;
💡 be(upon)+come→变为；成为(=to come upon）
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：turn, wax, get, go, grow, suit 反义：remain, keep, stay, get
race [res] 词频1
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

📜 Bertrand Russell 的更多名言

"It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true."
"Whereas in art nothing worth doing can be done without genius, in science even a very moderate capacity can contribute to a supreme achievement."
"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."
"Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man."
"We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach."
"Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true."
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🏷 更多「No category」名言

"Great is truth, and all powerful."
— Vulgate
"A teacher affects eternity; He can never tell where his influence stops."
— Henry Adams
"People remember you better if you wear the same outfit."
— Unknown
"He who multiplies riches multiplies cares."
— Benjamin Franklin
"Man is born a predestined idealist, for he is born to act. To act is to affirm the worth of an end, and to persist in affirming the worth of an end is to make an ideal."
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
"A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other... until death do them join."
— Elbert Hubbard
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