Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
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. 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. 例子;榜样;范例;先例;
vt. 作为…的例子;为…做出榜样;
vi. 举例;作为…的示范;
💡 ex出+ ample拿，获得→拿出来→作为榜样 →样本；榜样
"a classic example of poor communication"
缺乏有效沟通的典型实例
近义：illustration, archetype, model, original, paradigm, paragon
adj. 极好的，精彩的，绝妙的;美妙;胜;神妙;
💡 wonder奇迹，神奇+ful形容词后缀 → 极好的;惊人的,奇妙的
"Ben's a wonderful father."
本是个极好的父亲。
近义：arresting, laudable, marvellous, marvelous, meritorious, astonishing
反义：inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average
n. 祖先，祖宗;被继承人;原型;（动物的）原种，先祖;
💡 an=ante前，先+cest=cess行走，前进+or表人→走在前面的人→祖先
"This machine is the ancestor of the modern computer."
这台机器是现代电脑的始祖.
近义：ascendant, parent, progenitor, forebear, predecessor, elder
反义：kin, offspring, son, boy, issue, scion
n. 守财奴，吝啬鬼，〈古〉可怜的人;（矿山，凿井用）钻孔机，凿井机，[矿]管形提泥钻头;
"The miser doesn't like to part with his money."
守财奴舍不得花他的钱.
近义：knave, moneygrubber, niggard, scrooge, skinflint, tightwad
反义：spender, spendthrift, squanderer, waster, wastrel