Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
— Oscar Wilde  ·  Nobility

📚 名句词汇解析

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whenever [wɛn'ɛvɚ] 词频2
adv. 究竟什么时候;不论何时; conj. 无论什么时候;随时;无论何时;每当;
💡 when何时+ever究竟→无论何时,随时
"You can ask for help whenever you need it."
你如果需要帮助随时可以提出来。
近义：if, provided, when, whensoever, whene'er
stupid ['stupɪd] 词频2 词根: stupere
adj. 愚蠢的;迟钝的;乏味的;晕眩的，昏迷不醒的; n. <口>傻子，笨蛋;
💡 stup笨，麻木+id形容词，“如…的” →笨的
"You stupid little bitch!"
你这个愚蠢的小悍妇！
近义：idiot, imbecile, loggerhead, ass, ninny, nitwit 反义：logical, astute, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, practical
thoroughly [ˈθɜːrəli] 词频2
adv. 彻底地;认真仔细地;完全地;非常;
"He is thoroughly domesticated and cooks a delicious chicken casserole."
他精于家务,烹制的砂锅炖小鸡非常可口.
近义：meticulously, minutely, painstakingly, precisely, punctiliously, scrupulously 反义：inconsiderately, abruptly, lightheartedly, offhand, pellmell, perfunctorily
thing [θiŋ] 词频1
n. 事件，形势;东西，事物;家伙;事业;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。
近义：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
noblest
a. 高贵的（noble的最高级）；华丽的
motives
n. 动机, 目的( motive的复数形式 )

📜 Oscar Wilde 的更多名言

"My wallpaper and i are fighting a duel to death. One or the other has to go."
"I sometimes think that God, in creating man, overestimated His ability."
"Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account."
"The English country gentleman galloping after a fox -- the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable."
"I suppose that I shall have to die beyond my means."
"Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years."
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🏷 更多「Nobility」名言

"Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall."
— Frank Lloyd Wright
"I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown."
— Homer
"It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right."
— Friedrich Nietzsche
"The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self."
— Whitney Young
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