The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.
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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
n. 合同;契约;协议;
💡 con共同+tract拉→共同拉回去→收缩;对大家都有制约→合同
"The offers for the contract were all in the same ballpark ."
本合同的所有开价均在同一范围内。
近义:narrow, retrench, shorten, shrink, straiten, compress
反义:broaden, sack, terminate, boot, discharge, cashier
bigot
['bigət]
n. 抱偏见的人,执拗的人,心胸狭窄的人;
"His words stamped him to be a bigot."
他讲的话表明他是个偏执的人.
近义:pharisee, prig, prude, religionist, intolerant, cultist
n. 学生;[解]瞳孔;未成年人;[法]被监护人;
"The pupil joined the two points by a straight line."
那个小学生用直线把两点连接起来.
近义:schoolboy, schoolchild, student, trainee, undergraduate, scholar
反义:pedagog, pedagogue, teacher, educationalist, educationist, housefather
n. 光;发光体;电灯;点火器;
adj. 轻的;明亮的;浅色的;少量的;
v. 点燃;照亮;用光指引;
adv. 轻地,轻装地;
💡 房间光线(light)明暗度正好(right)
"The office was light and airy."
办公室又明亮又通风。
近义:illuminate, illumine, lighten, brighten, ignite, incandescence
反义:quench, douse, extinguish, murk, murkiness, obscurity
vi. 发出光;反射光,闪耀;出类拔萃,表现突出;露出;
vt. 照射,把光射后;〈口〉通过擦拭使…变得有光泽或光亮;
n. 光亮,光泽;好天气;擦皮鞋;鬼把戏或诡计;
💡 松树(pine)在上海(sh) 发光
"Shine the torch on the lock while I try to get the key in."
我插钥匙时,请用手电筒照着锁头。
近义:luster, polish, slick, lustre, buff, burnish
反义:pale, shade, darken, disappear, fade, somberness