Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
n. 名气，名声;好名声;信誉，声望;荣誉，名望;
💡 re再+put认为，思考+ation名词后缀 → 再让人想起的东西 → 名声
"Their reputation for fairness is a matter for pride."
他们公正的名声令他们引以为豪.
近义：name, prestige, renown, repute, standing, status
反义：shame, unpopularity, belittling, dishonourableness, dishonouring, disgrace
n. 性格;特点;字母;角色;
vt. 刻，印;使具有特征;
💡 性格 品质佳的人坐着椅子(char-chair)也能做(act)两(er)天的事
"Her involvement in the fraud has left a serious blot on her character."
她卷入了这次欺诈案，在她的品格上留下了一个很大的污点。
近义：makeup, mettle, nature, personality, selfhood, spirit
反义：timidity, timidness
n. 树;木料;树状图;宗谱;
vt. 把…赶上树;使处于困境;把鞋型插入（鞋内）;
💡 吹”（谐音）：风吹 树动 T像树，r是树叉，e是叶片- 树
"We put up the decorations and the tree and started to feel Christmassy at last."
我们布置好了装饰品和圣诞树，这才开始感受到圣诞节的气氛。
近义：arboreal, arborescent
n. 阴影;影子;鬼，幽灵;隐蔽处;
vt. 投阴影于;使朦胧;跟踪，尾随;预示;
vi. 渐变;阴沉;
adj. 影子内阁的;阴影的;非正式的;
💡 老大(ad)在展示(show) 阴影
"Please stand to one side; you're casting your shadow over my work."
请你往边上站一站, 你挡着我的光线了.
近义：sadden, darken, trail, obfuscate, obscure, shade
vt. 想;思索;以为;看待;
vi. 思辩;考虑;构想;回忆;
adj. 深思的;供思考的;
n. 想;想法;
💡 深刻(谐音):深刻的思 想 我在想（think）该如何感谢（thank）他们
"They'll think you're being antisocial if you don't go."
要是你不去，他们就会认为你不合群。
近义：imagine, meditate, mull, perpend, ponder, ratiocinate
adj. 真的;真实的，现实的;事实上的;真诚的;
adv. 真正，实在;确实地;
n. 实在，现实;实数;
"I made a real balls-up of my exams."
我考试考得一塌糊涂。
近义：legitimate, authentic, sterling, true, truthful, unfeigned
反义：imaginary, utopical, visional, chimeric, chimerical, dreamlike