The difference between God and the historians consists above all in the fact that God cannot alter the past.
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n. 差别，差异;[数]差数，差额;意见分歧;特色;
vt. 辨别，区分;
💡 dif分开，否定，不+fer带来+ence名词后缀→带来不同→不同之处
"The new regulations will not make an appreciable difference to most people."
新的规定对大多数人将无大影响。
近义：inequality, odds, unlikeness, variant, version, inhomogeneity
反义：kindred, kinship, likeness, look, matching, parallel
n. 事实，实情;实际;真相，证据;犯罪行为;
"They sat bemoaning the fact that no one would give them a chance."
他们坐着埋怨别人不肯给他们一个机会。
近义：particular, reality, sooth, substantiality, truth, verity
vt. 改变;更改;改建（房屋）;（人）变老;
vi. 改变;修改;
💡 al(all都)+ter(turn音): 改变{键盘上的Alt键} alt(a nother另外一个)+er(东西):变成另一个东西- 改变
"Prices did not alter significantly during 2004."
2004年期间，价格没有大的变化。
近义：modify, unsettle, upset, vary, bias, change
反义：protect, save, shelter, defend, guard
adj. 过去的，以前的;结束的;前任的;
n. 过去，过往;往事;[语]过去时;
prep. 超过，超出;远于;越过;
adv. 经过，超过;
💡 past（过去的）已经pass（过去）
"She strode past him without a backward glance ."
她大步从他身边走过，都没有回头瞧他一眼。
近义：preterit, preterite, history, background, record, form
反义：modern, newfangled, present, topical, contemporary, current
=can not;未可;不能;不可;
"You cannot stay here ad infinitum without paying rent."
你不付房租就不能永远住在这里。