It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.
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n. 错误，过失，误解;差错，口误，笔误;失策，失误;
vt.& vi. 弄错，误解;
vt. 认不出;误会;看错;
vi. 弄错;误解;
💡 mis错误，坏+take拿→拿错→错误
"It has now become evident to us that a mistake has been made."
我们已经清楚出了差错。
近义：miscalculate, misdeem, miss, confuse, fail, inaccuracy
反义：arrival, success, triumph, victory, achievement
n. 等级;职别;成绩等级;年级;
vt. 安排;依序排列，依等级排列;评估;评分;
vi. 属于…等级;缓缓地变化或发展;
💡 grad表示步，级 + e → 给…分等级
"I flunked math in second grade."
我二年级时数学不及格。
近义：appraise, assess, qualify, rate, valuate, score
n. 溶解，融化;（社团等）解散;<律> 离婚;腐朽，崩溃;
💡 dis分离+solut松开+ion名词后缀，构成抽象名词 → 溶解；毁灭
"The churches consociated to fight their dissolution."
教会联合起来对付他们的分裂行动.
近义：dilution, dissolving, dissipation, dissoluteness
vt.& vi. （使）反转;（使）颠倒;掉换，交换;[法]撤消，推翻;
vi. 倒退;[桥牌]逆叫;
adj. 反面的;颠倒的;倒开的;[生]倒卷的;
n. 倒转，反向;[机]回动;倒退;失败;
💡 re向后，相反+verse转→反转，颠倒
"Now the reverse is true."
现在情况正好相反。
近义：invert, upend, back, backtrack, recede, recoil
反义：facade, face, foreground, forepart, frontispiece
adj. 使人惊讶的，出人意料的，惊人的;惊人的，意外的;奇怪的，不可思议的;
v. 使惊奇，使诧异( surprise的现在分词);意外发现[撞见]，出其不意获得;
💡 surpris=surprise惊讶+ing...的→使人惊讶的
"It is surprising how soon historical personages became invested with romantic attributes."
令人惊奇的是历史人物很快就带有传奇的色彩.
近义：marvelous, astonishing, astounding, miraculous, remarkable, staggering
反义：inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average
vt. 认为;注视;涉及;尊敬;
vi. 凝视;留意;
n. 凝视;留意;尊敬;问候;
💡 作为“看作”讲大家比较熟悉 I regard him as a fool.但主考尊敬的意思。 网友：马 胜 敏 补充：1：树（r）下的人把哥哥（g）当作爱人（a
"I do not regard the prospects of the company favourably."
我不看好这家公司的前景.
近义：assume, presume, suppose, surmise, suspect, ween
反义：impoliteness, incivility, indiscipline, irreverence, nonacquiescence, nonobservance