Seemingly from the dawn of man all nations have had governments; and all nations have been ashamed of them.
— G. K. Chesterton  ·  No category

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ashamed [ə'ʃemd] 词频2 词根: a
adj. 惭愧的，羞耻的，害臊的;难为情;
💡 a加强意义+sham羞耻+ed...的→羞耻的
"She was deeply ashamed of her behaviour at the party."
她对自己在聚会上的行为深感羞愧。
近义：humiliated, mortified, shamed, shamefaced, timid, blushing 反义：hotheaded, impassioned, proudhearted, brave, elated, exalted
seemingly ['simɪŋli] 词频4
adv. 看来似乎;表面上看来;貌似;
💡 seem类似的+ing状态 + ly...地 → seeming外观+ ly...地 → 表面上;看来,看上去
"a seemingly stupid question"
看似愚蠢的问题
近义：apparently, ostensibly, presumedly, evidently
dawn [dɔn] 词频1 词根: /də/
n. 黎明，拂晓;开端;醒悟; vi. 破晓，（天）刚亮;开始出现;变得明朗; vt. （开始）被理解，被领悟;被看清，被想到;
💡 铛铛铛(敲钟的声音):钟声破晓， 黎明来到 -awn 黎明诞（谐音）(dawn)， 草坪烂(谐音)(lawn),打个 哈欠(yawn)表示厌（谐音）
"The army imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew."
军队强制实行黄昏至黎明的宵禁。
近义：rise, surface, surge, emerge, morn, morning 反义：shade, darken, dim, fall, sundown, dusk
nations
n. 国家（nation的复数）
governments
n. 政权；政府；可转让政府证券（government的复数）

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"By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless it is unpopular it cannot be a masterpiece."
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