The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.
— Frank Herbert  ·  No category

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concept ['kɑnsɛpt] 词频2 词根: con
n. 观念，概念;观点;思想，设想，想法;总的印象;
💡 con共同+cept掌握→能共同掌握的→概念，设计
"the concept of social class"
社会等级的概念
近义：idea, knowledge, notion, thought, understanding, belief 反义：imprecision, inaccuracy, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconstruction, misinterpretation
progress ['prɑɡrɛs] 词频1 词根: grad
n. 进步;前进;[生物学]进化;（向更高方向）增长; v. （使）进步，（使）进行;发展;促进; vi. 发展;（向更高方向）增进;
💡 pro向前，在前+gress走→向前走
"She watched the cow's ponderous progress."
她看着牛迟缓地向前走着。
近义：improve, unfold, advance, develop, evolve, gestate 反义：pullback, pullout, recoil, retirement, walkout, withdrawal
protective [prə'tɛktɪv] 词频4 词根: tect
adj. 保护的，防护的;保护贸易的;
💡 protect保护+ive形容词后缀 →保护的，防护的
"It is obligatory for all employees to wear protective clothing."
所有员工必须穿防护服装。
近义：preservative, preserving, protecting, defensive 反义：hostile, inimical, attacking, pernicious, rough, truculent
mechanism ['mɛkənɪzəm] 词频4 词根: mechan
n. [生]机制，机能，[乐]机理;（机械）结构，机械装置[作用]，（故事的）结构;[艺]手法，技巧，途径;机械作用;
💡 mechan=mechine机械+ism主义 →机械装置
"a delicate watch mechanism"
精致的手表机件
近义：apparatus, appliance, jigger, artefact, artifact, outfit
future ['fjʊtʃɚ] 词频1
adj. 将来的，未来的;[语法学]将来时的; n. 前途;[美国俚语]未婚妻;期货;
💡 futur- 【拉丁传入法语】表示将来的某种状态
"We all work hard in the interests of our future."
我们都为我们自己的将来而努力工作.
近义：next, oncoming, unborn, coming, forthcoming 反义：prior
shield [ʃild] 词频2 词根: sh-
n. 盾;护罩;盾形奖牌;保护人; vt. 保护;掩护;庇护;给…加防护罩;
💡 上海(sh)的田野(field)里有 盾牌 网友：yqy补充： sh保护（源自shelter掩蔽），ield地方（源自field）：可以保护的地方－－防护物
"The gunman used the hostages as a human shield ."
持枪歹徒用人质作人体盾牌。
近义：protect, safeguard, screen, secure, shelter, ward

📜 Frank Herbert 的更多名言

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"All governments eventually lean further and further towards aristocracy."
"Humans live best when each has a place to stand, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things and what he may achieve. Destroy the place and you destroy the person."
"Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us?"
"There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man--with human flesh."
"Life cannot find reasons to sustain it, cannot be a source of decent natural regard, unless each of us resolves to breathe such qualities into it."
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