It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
vt. 宣布;声明，声称;申报;[法]供述;
vi. 声明，发表宣言;宣称;
💡 de使…成为，加强+clare=clear清楚→使明白→表明，声明
"Declare all unearned income ."
一切非劳动所得的收入都要申报。
近义：affirm, assure, hold, maintain, assert, asseverate
vt.& vi. 坚持;强调;坚决要求;坚决认为;
💡 in加强+sist站立→一直站→坚持；硬要
"Our buyers insist on high standards of workmanship and materials."
我们的买主对工艺和材料坚持要高标准。
近义：persevere, persist, continue
反义：quit, stop, cease, abandon, end, abdicate
adv. 尤其地;主要地，格外地;显著地;异常地;
💡 e使+special特别的+ly...地→特别，格外
"Paddles are used especially to propel canoes and kayaks."
短桨特别用于划独木舟和小艇.
近义：namely, particularly, peculiarly, privately, singularly, specifically
oneself
[wʌn'sɛlf]
pron. 自己，自身;亲自，自行;其;亲手;
"One has to ask oneself what the purpose of the exercise is."
大家必须问一问自己，这个锻炼的目的是什么。
近义：herself, himself, itself, one, themselves, yourself
adj. 有毛病的，失常的;错误的，不正确的;不好的，不公正的;反对的，相反的，颠倒的，背面的，里面的;
adv. 不对，错误，失当;不好，不公正;逆，颠倒，翻转;有毛病，不舒服;
n. 过失，错误;不义的行为;不义行为;犯罪;
vt. 委屈，无理地对待，诽谤;
💡 勿(w)容(rong)忍 错误的
"I got it wrong. It wasn't the red one but the blue one."
我弄错了。不是红的那个，是蓝的那个。
近义：hurt, injure, insult, mistreat, offend, penalize
反义：heal, mend, rectify, reform, remedy, repair
adv. 立刻，马上;向右，右边;恰当地;一直;
adj. 右方的;正确的;合适的;好的，正常的;
n. 正确，正当;右边;权利;右手;
vt. 纠正;扶直，使正;整理;补偿;
vi. （船舶等）复正，恢复平稳;
💡 请把名字写(write)在右边(right)
"Is the coffee all right?"
这咖啡还满意吗？
近义：avenge, vindicate, wreak, mend, rectify, reerect
反义：counterfeit, fake, forge, obstriction, pledge, responsibility