We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.
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prep. （表示位置）在…的后面;支持;（表示顺序）在身后;（表示比较）落后于;
adv. 在后面;向后;在后面较远处;（落）在后面;
n. 〈口〉屁股;
💡 be构成一些介词+hind藏在后面→在…后面
"The crowd had to stand behind barriers."
人群只好站在障碍物后面。
近义：back, posterior, rear, rearward, lagging, late
反义：quick, rapid, accelerated
n. 进步;前进;[生物学]进化;（向更高方向）增长;
v. （使）进步，（使）进行;发展;促进;
vi. 发展;（向更高方向）增进;
💡 pro向前，在前+gress走→向前走
"She watched the cow's ponderous progress."
她看着牛迟缓地向前走着。
近义：improve, unfold, advance, develop, evolve, gestate
反义：pullback, pullout, recoil, retirement, walkout, withdrawal
vt. 把…除外;不计;
prep. 除…外;
conj. [口语]要不是;除非;除…以外;
vi. 反对，表示异议（与 to 或 against连用）;
💡 ex出+cept拿，抓，握住→拿出 → 除外
"I received nothing except what was due to me."
除了我应得的东西,我并未接受任何东西.
近义：omit, preclude, void, blackball, exclude, barring
反义：realize, accommodate, consider
n. 记忆，记忆力;回忆，往事;[计]存储器，内存;
💡 memor记忆+y → 记忆，记忆力
"The memory expansion cards are useful adjuncts to the computer."
内存扩充卡是计算机很有用的附件。
近义：recall, retention, retentiveness, memento, recollection, remembrance
反义：forgetfulness, amnesia
n. 推测，设想;放肆，傲慢;<律>推定;
💡 pre预先+sumpt拿取+ion表名词 → 假定；专横
"The presumption is that he had lost his way."
推想起来,他当时是迷了路.
近义：hubris, immodesty, imperiousness, insolence, insolency, jactitation
反义：humbleness, lowliness, meekness
adv. 一次，一趟;一倍;曾经;一旦;
conj. 一旦…就…;一经;
n. 一次，一回;
💡 on=one一+ce次 → 一次
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
细菌一进入血液里，就附着在红细胞表面上。
近义：heretofore, occasionally, onetime, previously, sometimes, thereinbefore