There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
— Edmund Burke  ·  No category

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boundary ['baʊndri] 词频2 词根: bound
n. 分界线;范围;（球场）边线;
💡 bound范围 + ary 表抽象名词 → n.分界线，边界
"Indeed, what surface should we use as the boundary of the universe?"
的确，我们应该用什麽曲面来当做宇宙的边界呢？
近义：landmark, limit, march, marchland, abutment, abuttals
none [nʌn] 词频1
pron. 没有人，没有一人;没有一个;没有一部分，没有一点; adv. 根本不;无法，绝不;
💡 n(not)+one→毫无；无人；无物；毫不
"None of the passengers and crew were injured."
没有一个乘客和机组人员受伤。
近义：naught, nobody, nothing, nought, aught, any
influence ['ɪnfluəns] 词频1 词根: in
n. 影响;势力;有影响的人（或事物）;[占星学]星力; vt. 影响;感染;支配;对…起作用;
💡 in进入+flu流动+ence名词后缀→流入→影响
"The girls in a class tend to have a civilizing influence on the boys."
班上的女生往往能让男生文雅起来。
近义：impact, impinge, impress, incite, induce, manipulate 反义：unsell, deter, discourage, subjection, subservience, subserviency
imagination [ɪ,mædʒɪ'neʃən] 词频2
n. 想像，想像力;空想，妄想;想像出来的事物;
💡 imagin=imagine想象+ation表名词 →想象
"a product of her febrile imagination"
她狂想的产物
近义：imagining, visualization, gumption, creativeness, creativity, daydream 反义：sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
under ['ʌndɚ] 词频1
prep. 在…下面，在表面之下;在…的假定表面或掩饰下;少于，小于;在…情况下; adv. 在下面;少于;在水下;在昏迷中; adj. 较低的，下面的;
"The admiral visited the ships under his command."
舰队司令视察了他所统率的军舰。
近义：underneath, below, beneath 反义：above, over, up, atop, onto, upon
feelings [['fi:liŋz]]
n. 感情, 情绪, 心情, 情感

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"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little."
"I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone."
"Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; it costs nothing."
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