I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.'
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n. 教授;（大学的）讲师，教员;自称者，宣称者;
💡 pro在前面+fess说+or人→在前面说话的人→教授
"With the words he handed Professor Wang a tube."
说着他交给王教授一个试管.
近义：instructor, master, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, teacher, beak
反义：schoolboy, schoolchild, student, trainee, undergraduate, scholar
adj. 最后的，最终的;决定性的;不可更改的;
n. 结局;决赛;期末考试;〈口〉（报纸的）末版;
💡 fin =end,boundary,表示”结束,范围”#词根助记：来自于法语final和拉丁语finalis, 表示 end (结束)
"Teachers always judge their students on the final examination."
老师常根据期末考试来评价他们的学生.
近义：last, absolute, momentous, peremptory, plump, terminal
n. 协商，讨论;建议;策略;法律顾问，辩护人;
vt. 劝告，建议;提供专业咨询;
💡 coun(com-=together)+sel(to take)→商议；商量；忠告
"Listen to the counsel of your elders."
要听从长辈的忠告。
近义：rede, warn, caution, caveat, admonish, advise
反义：mouthpiece, pettifogger, barrater, barrator, shyster, chicaner
vt. 核实;证明;判定;
💡 veri真实+fy使...→使真实→核实
"People began verify their scientific hypotheses by stringent tests."
人们开始用精确的试验证实自己的科学假说.
近义：approve, ascertain, prove, ratify, reaffirm, sanction
反义：question, disbelieve, misbelieve, challenge, confute, discredit
a. 投入的, 深爱的
近义：loving, pietistic, pious, prayerful, tender, warm
反义：heretic, schismatic, schismatical, unorthodox, dissident, divergent
a. 倾斜的, 衰退中的
近义：decadent, decaying, aging, falling, flagging
反义：ascendant, ascendent, rising, uphill, upline, upward