When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.
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n. 社会;上流社会;社团;社群;
adj. 上流社会的,社交界的;
💡 socie=social社会+ty表名词 → 社会,社团
"Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society."
文明社会憎恶种族主义。
近义:aristoi, community, institution, merging, partnership, brotherhood
反义:personhood, self, selfhood, distinctiveness, individual
n. 状态;环境;健康状况;条款;
vt. 制约;限制;使习惯于;使适应;
vt.& vi. 对…具有重要影响;影响(某事发生的方式);保持(头发或皮肤等的)健康;养护;
💡 con共同+dit给予+ion抽象名词→共同给出的东西 → 条件
"The car was in A1 condition."
汽车状况好极了。
近义:fitness, shape, capacitate, prepare, fit, fix
反义:impair, jumble, mess, muss, overset, overturn
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
n. 国家;民族;国民;政府;
💡 那(na)梯(ti)上(on)有 国家
"The nation's coffers are empty."
国库空虚。
近义:region, country, people, commonwealth
adv. (坐、倒、躺)下;向下;(表示范围或顺序的限度)下至;
prep. (从高处)向下;(表示位置)在…的下方;(表示方向)沿着…向下;(表示时间)自…以来;
adj. 向下的;沮丧的;计算机或计算机系统停机;(以…)落后于对手的;
n. (鸟的)绒羽;绒毛;软毛;汗毛;
vt. 放下;(尤指大口或快速地)喝下;使摔倒;击落(敌机等);
vi. [常用于祈使句中]下去;下来;卧倒;下降;
💡 音“铛”,铛的一声向下 落
"Calm down! Don't get so agitated."
冷静下来!别那么激动。
近义:lint, fluff, fuzz, ingurgitate, quaff, swallow
反义:above, overhead, upstairs, upward, upwards, aloft
adj. 失去的;迷路的;不知所措的;
v. 遗失,失去( lose的过去式和过去分词);(使)失去(所需要的东西,尤指钱);(因事故、年老、死亡等)损失;浪费;
"I lost my balance and fell backwards."
我没有站稳,仰面摔倒。
近义:mislaid, misplaced, missing, stray, wayward, adrift
反义:discovered, safe