History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we made today.
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n. 历史，历史学;发展史;履历，经历;（某地的）沿革;
💡 histor过去发生的事 + y 表名词→ 历史；个人经历
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言，他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义：archives, papers, past, background, record, records
adj. 现在的;目前的;出席的;[语法学]现在时的;
n. 现在;礼物;瞄准;
💡 pres前+ent名词后缀 → 礼物，赠送物
"a belated birthday present"
迟来的生日礼物
近义：offer, award, proffer, promise, accord, bestow
反义：implement, materialize, obtain, attain, perform, prosecute
adj. 较少的（little的比较级）;较小的;较次的，较劣的;较不重要的;
adv. 较少地，较小地;
prep. 减去;少掉;不足;
n. 较少，较小;
"We aim to improve opportunities for the less advantaged in society."
我们的宗旨是为社会地位比较低下的人增加机会。
近义：least, lesser, minus
n. （车、船等的）铺位;睡觉处，卧处;牲口食槽;空话，废话;
vi. 睡在铺上;合铺，合住;
vt. 为…提供铺位;
"I don't know where the captain means to bunk you."
我不知道船长打算把你的床位安排在那里.
近义：berth, hoax, hogwash, hooey, horseshit, humbug
n. 传统;惯例;[宗]经外传说;[法]移交，引渡;
💡 交易(trade)香烟(i)是神(tion)的 传统 网友：yqy补充： 源自trade：西方的交易一向是其传统
"We are the inheritors of a great cultural tradition."
我们是一个伟大文化传统的继承者。
近义：routine, traditionalism, usage, usance, custom, folklore
v. 想要;希望;打算;需要…在场;
n. 需要的东西;缺少;贫穷;
💡 因为want 所以want 东西
"I don't want to make an accusation until I have some proof."
我要有一些证据以后才提出控告。
近义：intend, like, mean, seek, will, wish
反义：scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate, downplay
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"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon."
— Napoleon Bonaparte