Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 耐心，耐性;忍耐;单人纸牌游戏;
💡 pati忍受 + ence表示性质、状态 → n.忍耐，容忍，耐心
"Everyone admired her patience and unfailing good humour."
人人都佩服她的耐心和永不衰减的好脾气。
近义：resignation, accordance, acquiescence, compliance, conformance, conformity
反义：restlessness, unrest
adj. 温和的;文雅的;高尚的;
vt. 使温和;使驯服;
n. 蛆;饵;
💡 gen “出生,种族”#词根助记：gen+tle→出身好的→高雅的
"a quiet and gentle man"
温文尔雅的男士
近义：master, tame, break, domesticate, mellow, mild
反义：impolitic, inconsiderate, loutish, randy, rank, raw
n. 尺;直尺;统治者;
💡 后缀:er 表示物(与某事有关之物)或动物
"This is a ruler graduated in both inches and centimetres."
这是一把刻有英寸和厘米的尺子.
近义：lawgiver, lawmaker, legislator, monarch, potentate, sovereign
n. 舌头，喙;语言，方言;演说，鞋舌;[复]口才;
vt. 用舌吹;舔;嵌接;[古]批评，指责;
vi. 吹奏（管乐器）;运用舌法发音;突出;
💡 烫(谐音):烫 舌头 tongue=tone音调-音调取决于 舌头
"I dislike the man; he has such a sharp tongue."
我不喜欢这个人, 他爱说刻薄挖苦的话.
近义：lick, tab, tang, flap, idiom, language
vt. （使）破;打破（纪录）;（常指好天气）突变;开始;
vi. （嗓音）突变;突破;破晓;（价格）突然下跌;
n. 破裂;中间休息;间断;短假;
💡 把一块bread(面包)从中间break(折断) 面包(bread)壳(k)被 打破
"the break-up of their marriage"
他们婚姻的破裂
近义：debilitate, bankrupt, rupture, sever, shatter, smash
反义：mend, patch, refit, refurbish, rehabilitate, remodel
n. 骨头;尸骨;骨质物;有…样的骨头的;
vt. 挑鱼刺，剔骨头;剔去…的骨;
vi. 苦学;专心致志;
💡 b(boy)+one(一):男人身上多一根 骨头
"A bone in my spine was out of alignment ."
我的脊椎骨有一节脱位。
近义：osseous