If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.
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n. 结果;(尤指足球比赛的)胜利;[体]比分;成功实现的事;
vi. 发生,产生;归结为,导致;后果,终结;由…而造成[产生];
💡 re反问+sult跳→反回来的东西→结果
"Is personality the result of conditioning from parents and society, or are we born with it?"
个性是受父母和社会熏陶的结果,还是我们生而有之?
近义:implication, incidence, outcome, outgrowth, produce, progeny
vt. 获得,取得;学到;
💡 ac 加强 + quir 寻求,询问 + e → vt.取得;获得;学到
"To remove any ambiguity we have to acquire more accurate information."
为了消除含糊不清,我们必须取得更加精确的情报.
近义:obtain, procure, purchase, secure, buy, gain
反义:outwear, shed, abandon, chuck, dump, forget
n. 勇气;胆量;魄力;肝胆;
💡 靠(c)我们的(our)年龄(age)鼓起 勇气
"courage in the face of adversity"
面对逆境的勇气
近义:heart, intrepidity, manhood, manliness, mettle, nerve
反义:intimidation, poltroonery, recreancy, spinelessness, timidity, unmanliness
n. 标准,规格;旗,军旗;度量衡标准;直立支柱;
adj. 标准的,合格的;普遍的,一般的;公认为优秀的;
"The standard rate of income tax was cut to 23p in the pound."
所得税的标准税率削减到了每英镑23便士。
近义:archetype, model, mold, mould, norm, original
反义:nonconforming, nonconventional, atypical, unconventional, unorthodox
aging
['eidʒiŋ]
n. 老化;老龄化;(酒等的)陈化;熟化;
v. 使变老;(使)长大( age的现在分词 );使显老;使变老;使苍老;
"Wine deepens on aging."
酒久藏而变醇.
近义:antique, archaic, passe, dated, decrepit, maturing
反义:juvenescence, modernization, rejuvenescence, renewal, renovation, revampment
adj. 年幼的;有朝气的;年轻人的;青年的;
n. 年轻人;幼小的动物,崽;
💡 秧”(谐音)苗当然是 年轻的。有(U)勇(yong)的 年轻人
"His comments have alienated a lot of young voters."
他的言论使许多年轻选民离他而去。
近义:offspring, suckling, youngling, juvenile, unmarried, youthful
反义:antiquated, antique, indigenous, archaic, longstanding, native