Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 命运,宿命;灾难,死亡;命中注定的事(尤指坏事);
v. 注定;
💡 fa, fabl, fam, fan =speak,表示”说”#词根助记:fate=上帝的话
"They were unaware of the fate that was to befall them."
他们并不知道即将降临到他们头上的厄运。
近义:predestine, preordain, foreordain, karma, lot, misfortune
n. 良好;善良;精华;上帝;
int. 天哪,哎呀;
💡 good好的+ness表名词 →善行,优良
"For goodness' sake, just use your common sense!"
我的老天,你也凭常识想想!
近义:humanism, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, benevolence, benevolentness
反义:infamy, iniquity, malevolence, maliciousness, malignance, malignity
n. 结果;(尤指足球比赛的)胜利;[体]比分;成功实现的事;
vi. 发生,产生;归结为,导致;后果,终结;由…而造成[产生];
💡 re反问+sult跳→反回来的东西→结果
"Is personality the result of conditioning from parents and society, or are we born with it?"
个性是受父母和社会熏陶的结果,还是我们生而有之?
近义:implication, incidence, outcome, outgrowth, produce, progeny
n. [机]动力,功率;力量;政权,权力;强国,大国;
vt. 运转;用发动机发动;使…有力量;
vi. 靠动力行进;快速行进;
adj. 权力的;机械能的,电动的;用电力(或动力)发动的;
"The engine is being specially adapted to increase its power."
正在对这台引擎进行改装以增加它的功率.
近义:move, operate, activate, actuate, energise, energize
反义:incapacity, powerlessness, weariness, impotency, impotentness, impossibility
adj. 失明的;盲目的,轻率的;供盲人用的;隐蔽的;
vt. 弄瞎,使失明;蒙蔽,欺瞒;使变暗;使昏聩;
n. 掩饰;借口;百叶窗;
adv. 盲目地;看不见地;
💡 不拦的”(谐音): 瞎子不拦的,萧洒走四方 网友:aaronzhu 补充:b line d b-d 这就是一个墨镜 表示瞎的
"Doctors think he will go blind ."
医生们认为他会失明。
近义:obfuscate, obscure, bedazzle, cloud, confuse, daze
反义:seeing