I count religion but a childish toy, And hold there is no sin but ignorance. Birds of the air will tell of murders past. I am asham'd to hear such fooleries!
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n. 总数;数数;罪状;论点;
v. 数数;计算总数;把…算入;重要;
💡 count(to count)→数;计算;包括;以为;信赖;有价值
"Billy can't count yet."
比利还不会数数。
近义:list, number, numerate, recite, reckon, recount
n. 宗教;支配自己生活的大事;教派;心爱的事物;
💡 relig=rely依赖+ ion 名词后缀 → 用来依赖的 → 宗教;宗教信仰
"Is there always a conflict between science and religion?"
科学和宗教信仰之间是否永远存在着冲突?
近义:creed, faith
反义:godlessness
adj. 幼稚的;孩子气的;不复杂的;
💡 child孩子+ish表形容词,“像…一样,有的…” →孩子气的
"Don't be so childish!"
别那么幼稚!
近义:immature, infantile, puerile, sophomoric, unformed, babyish
反义:adult, aged, developed, elder, elderly, grown
n. 无知,愚昧;蒙;
💡 i不+gnor知道+ance名词后缀 →无知,愚昧
"They were at last freed from the fetters of ignorance."
他们终于从愚昧无知的束缚中解脱出来。
近义:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
反义:idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
vt. 拿住,握住;保留,保存;扣留,拘押;容纳;
vi. 拿住,握住;同意,赞成;保持不变;有效;
n. 握住;保留;控制;
💡 形码:h-old:老人(old)紧紧握住车上椅子(h)以保持平衡。
"The police think the videotape may hold some vital clues to the identity of the killer."
警方认为那盘录像带可能录有能确认凶手身份的一些重要线索。
近义:seize, fasten, grab, argue, maintain, sustain
反义:unhand
vt. 告诉,说;辨别;吩咐;讲述;
vt.& vi. 分辨,辨别;告诉,吩咐;泄漏;保证;
vi. 泄密,告发;(颜色、声音等)显示;识别;
n. [考古学](古代村落遗址堆积而成的)台形土墩;[方言]讲的话;谈话;传闻;
💡 他告诉(tell)我,他哥哥很高(tall)
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义:maintain, assert, asseverate, mention, assure, name
反义:hide, mask, occult, shield, shroud, veil