For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.
— H. L. Mencken  ·  Religion

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terms [['tɛ:mz]]
n. 条件, 条款, 费用, 价钱, 关系, 地位, 交谊\\n[经] 条件
近义：bases, stipulations, conditions
worth [wɝθ] 词频1
adj. 值得的;有…的价值;等值的;有…的财产; n. 财富，财产;价值;
"Each answer is worth 20 points."
每题为20分。
近义：merit, price, pricing, rate, value, worthiness 反义：insignificance, slightness, insignificancy
knowing [['nəuiŋ]] 词频2
a. 博学的, 聪颖的, 精明的
近义：hip, informed, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, mindful 反义：silly, stupid, tomfool, unaware, uneducated, unenlightened
unknowable [[ʌn'nəuəbəl]]
a. 不能知道的, 不可知的
近义：inscrutable, latent, mysterious, recondite, unfathomable, unsoundable 反义：knowable, cognizable
centuries
n. 100年, 一世纪( century的名词复数 ); 100分; 千秋
theologians
n. 神学家, 宗教研究家( theologian的复数形式 )

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