Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.
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adj. 社会的,社会上的;交际的,社交的;群居的;合群的;
n. 联谊会,联欢会;社交聚会;
💡 soc社会+ial形容词后缀 → 社会的
"political groups agitating for social change"
鼓吹社会变革的政治团体
近义:party, approachable, kindly, neighborly, neighbourly, personable
反义:sociopathic, dissocial
n. 历史,历史学;发展史;履历,经历;(某地的)沿革;
💡 histor过去发生的事 + y 表名词→ 历史;个人经历
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言,他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义:archives, papers, past, background, record, records
adj. 西方的;欧美的;
n. 西部电影,西部小说;西方人;
💡 west西方+ern...方向的 →西方的
"a country and western singer"
乡村与西部音乐歌手
近义:westerner, occidental, west, westerly
反义:oriental, east, easterly, eastern
n. 世界;地球;领域;尘世;
💡 一句(l)话(word)讲出 世界的本质
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里,他是她唯一的守护神。
近义:humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe
prep. (表示方向)越过;(部份或全部覆盖)在…上面;由于;(表示论及)关于;
adv. 结束;再;(倒)下;从一边至另一边;
adj. 过去的;外面的;在上的;上级的;
n. 额外;剩余;剩余(或多余)的量;剩余物;
int. [电信学]报文完,请回复!;
vt. 走过,跳过;[美国方言]从…恢复过来;
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府对核能的态度来了个180度的大转变。
近义:above, on, up, regarding, relating, respecting
反义:under, below, beneath
adj. 过去的,以前的;结束的;前任的;
n. 过去,过往;往事;[语]过去时;
prep. 超过,超出;远于;越过;
adv. 经过,超过;
💡 past(过去的)已经pass(过去)
"She strode past him without a backward glance ."
她大步从他身边走过,都没有回头瞧他一眼。
近义:preterit, preterite, history, background, record, form
反义:modern, newfangled, present, topical, contemporary, current