I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
n. 学期;条款;术语;期限;
vt. 把…称为;把…叫做;
💡 term(boundary)→期限；期间；学期；术语；措辞；交谊
"the expiry of a fixed-term contract"
定期合同的满期
近义：call, designate, word, wording, definition, diction
n. 经验，体验;经历，阅历;
vt. 亲身参与，亲身经历;感受;发现;
💡 ex出+per尝试+ience名词后缀→尝试出来的东西→经验
"Salary will be commensurate with experience."
薪金将会与资历相称。
近义：career, tradition, undergo, savvy, skill, expertise
反义：inexpertness, rawness, unskillfulness, callowness
n. 公司，商号;作伴，伴侣，客人;连队，中队;（社交）集会，聚会;
💡 com(together)+pan(bread)+y(名词后缀)→交谊；伙伴
"He absconded with the company funds."
他卷走公司的资金潜逃了。
近义：institution, merging, partnership, pool, society, trust
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
adv. 无限地，无穷地;极其;
💡 in 无 + fin范围 + ite...的 + ly ...地→ 无限地, 无穷地
"Is God infinitely good?"
天主是全善的么？
近义：immeasurably, immensely, unmeasurably, boundlessly
反义：limitatively, onerously
adj. 更好的，更可取的;略胜一筹的;
💡 prefer先拿来=更喜欢+able…的 → 更好的
"Anything was preferable to the tense atmosphere at home."
什么都比家里的紧张气氛好。
近义：preferential, preferred, preferring, superior, best, better
反义：lousy, badder, baddest, punk, worst, awful
adj. 成熟的;（智力、思想、行为）成熟的;成年人的;成年的;
n. 成年的人或动物;
💡 al, ol, ul 生长,滋养,营养
"Children must be accompanied by an adult."
儿童必须要有大人陪同。
近义：grownup, mature, grown
反义：juvenile, lad, minor, stripling, teen, teenager
📜 Fran Lebowitz 的更多名言
"Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine."