Whoever it was who searched the heavens with a telescope and found no God would not have found the human mind if he had searched the brain with a microscope.

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whoever [hʊ'ɛvɚ] 词频3
pron. (引导名词性从句)谁;无论谁,任何人;不管谁…;
💡 who谁+ever究竟→无论谁,究竟是谁
"All terrorist crime is detestable, whoever the victims."
无论受害者是谁,一切恐怖主义罪行都是可憎的。
近义:any, anybody, anyone, who, whomever, whomsoever
telescope ['tɛlɪskop] 词频3 词根: tele
n. 望远镜; vt.& vi. (使某物)变短(叠缩在一起);(使某物)叠缩,嵌入; vt. 压缩某物使其少占空间或时间;
💡 tele远,传送+scope看→看远方→望远镜
"to look at the stars through a telescope"
用望远镜观察星星
近义:abridge, abstract, shorten, summarize, vignette, brief
found [faʊnd] 词频1 词根: found
vt. 创办,成立,建立; v. 发现( find的过去式);找到;到达;发觉;
💡 found基础 → 为(房屋等)打基础,建立,创立
"In some stories, genies are always found inside a lamp or bottle."
在一些故事里, 灯里或瓶子中总是装有妖怪.
近义:base, ground, establish, institute, mount, rest 反义:invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, omit, outlaw
human ['hjumən] 词频1 词根: hum
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
mind [maɪnd] 词频1 词根: 心智
n. 心,精神,心力,知,智力,智慧;心胸,头脑,人;愿望,目的,意向,意志,决心,见解,意见;记忆,记性,记忆力,回想; vi. 介意;注意; vt. 专心于;介意;愿意做;照顾;
💡 mind→心;意志;精神;理性;智力;注意;开会;介意
"His mind reached after an understanding of the problem."
他开动脑筋,想弄懂这个问题.
近义:heed, attend, ware, beware, follow, care
microscope ['maɪkrəskop] 词频4 词根: micro
n. 显微镜;
💡 micro微,小+scope看→看小东西→显微镜
"An object was magnified 200 times by the microscope."
这架显微镜能把物体放大二百倍.

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