In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.
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n. 神话;神怪故事;奇人,奇事;虚构的人,虚构的事;
v. 使神话化;
💡 myst, myth 【希腊传入拉丁】表”秘密”
"the murky borderland between history and myth"
历史与神话之间的边缘领域
近义:legend
反义:sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
n. 人,人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于,布满;使住满人,在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 思想;想法;关心;思索;
v. 想( think的过去式和过去分词);思索;以为;认为;
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义:idea, intent, meditation, mind, notion, pondering
反义:unintentional, unmeant, unwilled, unwitting, unwilling
n. 时间;时刻;时代;次;
vt. 为…安排时间;测定…的时间;调准(机械的)速度;拨准(钟、表)的快慢;
vi. 合拍;和谐;打拍子;
adj. 定时的;定期的;[美国英语]分期(付款)的;
int. [体育]时间到,(一场或一局等的)比赛时限,暂停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能带两个。
近义:clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon
adj. 不能忍受的;无法容忍的;不堪的;难堪;
"The heat was intolerable."
炎热让人受不了。
近义:insufferable, insupportable, obnoxious, unbearable, unendurable, unmanageable
反义:livable, passable, acceptable, sufferable, supportable, sustainable