Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.
📚 名句词汇解析
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prep. 反对;对…不利;紧靠;以防;
💡 gain =against (反对)#词根助记：反对
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票赞成，五人反对，两人弃权。
近义：athwart, agin
pron. 他[她，它]们自己;他们亲自;“himself”的复数;“herself”的复数;
💡 them他们+selves自己的复数 → 他们自己,
"All our officers are trained to defend themselves against knife attacks."
我们所有的警察都接受过自卫训练，能够对付持刀袭击。
近义：herself, himself, itself, oneself, them, yourself
vi. 争夺;竞争;奋斗;争斗;
vt. 声称，主张;争论，争辩;斗争，战斗;
💡 con一起+tend延伸→一起你拉我夺→争论
"I would contend that the minister's thinking is flawed on this point."
我倒认为部长的想法在这一点上有漏洞。
近义：hold, reckon, maintain, say, believe, adjudge
adj. 徒劳的;自负的;无结果的;无用的;
💡 vain(empty)→无效的；空虚的
"She's just a vain, foolish woman."
她不过是个愚蠢自负的女人。
近义：immodest, infatuated, inflated, insolent, arrogant, assuming
反义：low, lowly, meek, mild, modest, unassuming
stupidity
[stju'piditi]
n. 愚蠢;愚行;蠢事;蠢话;
"I couldn't believe my own stupidity."
我干的蠢事我自己都不能相信。
近义：idiocy, imbecility, inanity, asininity, ludicrousness, nonsense
反义：aptness, intellect, invention, argument, knack, mentality