...a science is said to be useful if its development tends to accentuate the existing inequalities in the destribution of wealth, or more directly promotes the destruction of human life.
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adj. 有用的，有益的，有帮助的;令人满意的;
💡 use用+ful可…的” →有用的
"The memory expansion cards are useful adjuncts to the computer."
内存扩充卡是计算机很有用的附件。
近义：helpful, assistive, available, profitable, purposive, serviceable
反义：idle, inane, ineffective, insignificant, lousy, needless
n. 发展，进化;被发展的状态;新生事物，新产品;开发区;
💡 develop发展+ment表名词 →发展发达，发展
"The development was bitterly opposed by the local community."
这一开发项目遭到了当地社区的愤怒抵制。
近义：progress, unfoldment, upgrowth, evolution, evolvement, growth
反义：backwardness, underdevelopment, atrophy, degeneracy, degeneration
vt. 强调，着重指出;重读;给…加上重音符号;
💡 accent强调+uate使，动词后缀→一再唱出→强调
"Accentuate the word " accent " on the first syllable."
在 “ accent ” 一词的第一个音节上加重音符号.
近义：heighten, increase, intensify, augment, sharpen, strengthen
反义：lessen, mitigate, moderate, attenuate, palliate, qualify
adv. 直接地;不久，立即;正好地，恰好地;坦率地;
conj. 一…就…;
💡 di使...变成+rect直+ly…地 →direct直接的+ly...地 → 直接地
"My salary is paid directly into my bank."
我的工资直接拨到我的银行。
近义：right, straight, straightaway, straightway, direct, openly
反义：surreptitiously, desguisedly, later, next, presently, shortly
n. 破坏，毁灭，消灭，灭亡，扑灭，驱除;摧毁;毁灭的原因，破坏手段;杀害;
💡 de除去，取消，毁+struct结构，建造+ion→弄坏结构→破坏
"the destruction of the rainforests"
对热带雨林的破坏
近义：vandalism, sabotage, havoc, killing, liquidation, obliteration
反义：erection
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