The purpose of a liberal arts education is to learn that a person can like both cats *and* dogs!
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 意志;目的;作用;(进行中的)行动;
vt. 有意;打算;企图(做);决意(做);
💡 pur始终+pose放→始终放的东西→目的,意图
"We spoke to little purpose — his mind was clearly made up already."
我们说的话几乎不起作用,他显然已下定决心了.
近义:intend, consider, appoint, ascribe, denote, designate
n. 自由主义者;自由党党员;
adj. 开明的;自由的;慷慨的;不拘泥的;
💡 liber自由+al形容词后缀 → 自由的;慷慨的
"Some politicians want more liberal trade relations with Europe."
有些政治家想与欧洲大陆建立更加自由的贸易关系。
近义:tolerant, broad, broadminded, ample, freethinker, freethinking
反义:illiberal, mainstream, orthodox, preservative, preserving, rightist
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. 人;(语法)人称;身体;容貌;
💡 person-, parson- 表”人类”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看见前面提到的那个人行动可疑。
近义:individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter
反义:assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
vt.& vi. 学习,学会;习得;得知;记住;
vt. 记住;学习;得知;认识到;
vi. 学习;获知;
💡 学习好才能挣钱(earn)
"Children must learn socially acceptable behaviour."
儿童必须学会社会上认可的行为举止。
近义:know, acquire, develop, find, realize
反义:forget