I never have found the perfect quote. At best I have been able to find a string of quotations which merely circle the ineffable idea I seek to express.
— Caldwell O'Keefe  ·  Quotations

📚 名句词汇解析

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found [faʊnd] 词频1 词根: found
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
perfect ['pɝfɪkt] 词频1 词根: fac
adj. 完美的;正确的;优秀的;极好的; n. [语]完成时;
💡 per全部+fect做→全部做完→完美的；完全的
"Everyone liked my father—he was the perfect gentleman."
大家都喜欢我父亲—他是真正的君子。
近义：improve, purify, refine, upgrade, better, meliorate 反义：incomplete, bad, sketchy, unaccomplished, uncompleted, unfinished
string [strɪŋ] 词频1 词根: 拉紧
n. 绳子，带子;线丝，植物纤维;串;[计算机科学]字符串; vt. 上弦，调弦;使排成一行或一系列;绑，系或用线挂起;延伸或扩展;
💡 string(draw tight)→带；细绳；一串；弦；收紧；上弦；成串
"a string of pearls"
一挂珍珠
近义：skewer, thread, line, rope, twine, welt
merely ['mɪrli] 词频1
adv. 仅仅，只不过;只是;纯粹;全然;
💡 mere仅仅 + ly...的 → ad.仅仅，只不过
"Do you really want to go or are you merely being amiable?"
你是真的想去呢,还是仅仅为了表示友好?
近义：just, only, purely, simply, solely, but
circle ['sɝkl] 词频2 词根: circ
n. 圆;圆状物;一圈;圈子; vt. 圈出，包围;绕…运转; vi. 环绕，盘旋;
💡 circ圆+le名词后缀 → 圆，圈，环状物
"Claire has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances ."
克莱尔交游很广。
近义：surround, bypass, cincture, circuit, circumambulate, circumvallate
ineffable [ɪn'ɛfəbl]
adj. 妙不可言的;不可言喻的;（尤指某些宗教中神的名字）因神圣而不容称呼的;须避讳的;
💡 in 不 + ef=ex出 + fable 说 → 说不出的 → 难以形容的
"The beauty of a sunset is ineffable."
日落的美是难以形容的.
近义：inexpressible, unspeakable, unutterable

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"Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?"
— Philip G. Hamerton
"People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first."
— David H. Comins
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
— Oscar Wilde
"The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation."
— Benjamin Disraeli
"I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound - if I can remember any of the damn things."
— Dorothy Parker
"If you have any doubts that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women's names."
— Elaine Gill
"An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly."
— Edwin P. Whipple
"The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him."
— Robert Benchley
"She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit."
— W. Somerset Maugham
"Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world."
— Samuel Johnson
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