The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.
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n. 原子;原子能;微粒，微量;
💡 a不+tom切割→不能在切割的小东西→原子
"the splitting of the atom"
原子的分裂
近义：monad
vt. 节省;保存;储蓄;解救;
vi. 节省;挽救;救球;
prep.&conj. 除…之外;
n. 救援，救援;
💡 save救助 → 挽救
"It was going to take some deft political footwork to save the situation."
当时得采取一些巧妙的政治手段以挽回局势。
近义：liberate, rescue, salvage, emancipate, free, husband
反义：outlay, consume, deplete, disburse, dissipate, drain
n. 大灾难;惨败;悲剧的结局;地表突然而猛烈的变动，灾变;
💡 cata向下+strophe转→转下去→灾难临头→灾难，大祸
"Early warnings of rising water levels prevented another major catastrophe."
提前发出的洪水水位上涨警报防止了又一次的重大灾害。
近义：apocalypse, holocaust, tragedy, calamity, cataclysm, debacle
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
n. 思考;想法，思想;意见;见解;
adj. 有思想的;有理性的;
v. “think”的现在分词;
"She's thinking about a career in banking."
她正在考虑从事银行业。
近义：approach, judgement, judgment, notion, opinion, sentiment
adv. 于是，因此;如此，这样，像这样，例如;到这程度，到这地步，这么;如下;
conj. 因此;
"Old people often try to economize on heating, thus endangering their health."
老年人常常想方设法节约用暖气，结果损害了他们的健康。
近义：sic, so, that, this