No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
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n. 门口,门道;
💡 door门+way路 → 门口
"They put a table athwart the doorway."
他们把桌子横放在门口。
近义:porch, portal, portico, vestibule, door, entrance
n. 人,人类;
adj. 人的;有人性的;显示人类特有弱点的;人本性的;
💡 hum土,地+an名词后缀,属于...的,传说人是由土造出的 → 人类
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老师打了个比喻,把人的心脏比作水泵。
近义:mortal
n. 精神,心灵;情绪;勇气;精髓;
v. 神秘地带走;
💡 spir呼吸+it名词→有精神
"He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance."
他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上.
近义:obliterate, efface, eradicate, exterminate, lifeblood, atman
反义:soma, heartsickness, hopelessness, intimidation, lassitude, tiredness
pessimist
['pesimist;'pesəmist]
n. 悲观主义者,悲观者;厌世者;
"You don't have to be a pessimist to realize that we're in trouble."
不是悲观论者也能意识到我们有了麻烦。
近义:defeatist, doomsayer, fatalist
uncharted
['ʌn'tʃɑ:tid]
adj. 未知的,图上未标明的;
"They set off into the country's uncharted interior."
他们出发前往这个国家人迹罕至的内陆。
近义:pathless, strange, undiscovered, unexplored, unknown, untouched
n. 陆地;国家;地产;土地;
vt.& vi. (使)登岸;降临;使陷于(困境);使不得不应付;
vt. 自船上卸下;获得;捕到;钓到(鱼);
vi. 跳落,跌落,被抛落(地面);
"the issue of Aboriginal land rights"
澳大利亚土著土地权问题
近义:disembark, sod, terra, ground, area, lot
反义:leave, start, board, embark, welkin, empyrean
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"I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family fued."