Let us overthrow the totems, break the taboos. Or better, let us consider them cancelled. Coldly, let us be intelligent.
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vt. 打倒,推翻;使屈服,征服;使瓦解;撞倒;
n. 推翻,打倒;打翻;倾倒;[棒]投得过高的球;
💡 over颠倒,反转+throw扔,抛→将旧的扔出去使之颠倒→推翻,打倒
"The overthrow of the military regime was followed by a period of anarchy."
军事统治政权被推翻以后,接着是一段时期的无政府状态。
近义:overturn, subvert, topple, tumble, uncrown, unseat
vt.& vi. 考虑;把(某人,某事)看作…,认为(某人,某事)如何;考虑,细想;
vt. 考虑;认为;看重;以为;
vi. 仔细考虑;深思;
💡 con共同+sid坐+er表名词→坐在一起思考→考虑
"They consider him to be nothing but an imposter."
他们认为他不过是个骗子而已.
近义:hold, assume, mull, opine, perpend, ponder
反义:ignore, neglect, overleap, overlook, overrule, pass
adj. 聪明的;理解力强的;有智力的;[计]智能的;
💡 intellig知识界 + ent表示具有...性质的 → 智能型的;有才智的,聪明的
"You're too intelligent to fall for his flattery."
你很聪明,不会受他的阿谀奉承所惑。
近义:logical, astute, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, practical
反义:idiot, idiotic, ignorant, moronic, naive, noodleheaded
vt. (使)破;打破(纪录);(常指好天气)突变;开始;
vi. (嗓音)突变;突破;破晓;(价格)突然下跌;
n. 破裂;中间休息;间断;短假;
💡 把一块bread(面包)从中间break(折断) 面包(bread)壳(k)被 打破
"the break-up of their marriage"
他们婚姻的破裂
近义:debilitate, bankrupt, rupture, sever, shatter, smash
反义:mend, patch, refit, refurbish, rehabilitate, remodel
adj. 较好的;更合适的;能力更强的;好转的;
adv. 更好地;更妥;更;
v. 胜过;上进;
n. 更好者;更有才智者;
"We're hoping for better weather tomorrow."
我们希望明天天气转好。
近义:improve, perfect, upgrade, meliorate, complete, enrich
反义:intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, lousy
adv. 冷地;冷淡地;不友好地;冷静地;
"She surveyed him coldly with eyes that spat venom."
她冷眼打量着他,眼睛冒出怨毒的凶光.
近义:hieratically, icily, impassively, insensately, insensibly, insensitively
反义:heartedly, ingratiatingly, lovingly, tenderly, warmly, caressingly