Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.
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n. 好奇心，爱打听的癖性;奇人;奇物，古玩;奇特性;
💡 curi关心+osity多的状态→关心多→好奇心
"Children show curiosity about everything."
儿童对一切事物都显露出好奇心。
近义：inquisitiveness, interest, quaintness, bibelot, collectible, curio
反义：apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, lassitude
n. 教育;教育学;培养;训练;
💡 e出+duc引导，带来+ation行为 → 引出知识的行为 → 教育
"a special adviser to the President on education"
总统的教育特别顾问
近义：schooling, instruction, learning, background, schoolteaching, teaching
反义：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
n. 基础;主要成分;基准，基本原则;
💡 bas(base基础)+is(名缀): 基础{base一般指具体的,basis一般指抽象的}
"She was chosen for the job on the basis of her qualifications."
她因资历适合而获选担任这项工作。
近义：rationale, reason, base, support, bedrock, footing
vt. 告诉，说;辨别;吩咐;讲述;
vt.& vi. 分辨，辨别;告诉，吩咐;泄漏;保证;
vi. 泄密，告发;（颜色、声音等）显示;识别;
n. [考古学]（古代村落遗址堆积而成的）台形土墩;[方言]讲的话;谈话;传闻;
💡 他告诉（tell）我，他哥哥很高（tall）
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义：maintain, assert, asseverate, mention, assure, name
反义：hide, mask, occult, shield, shroud, veil