Nothing is really so poor and melancholy as art that is interested in itself and not in its subject.
📚 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
adv. 真，真正;实在，果真;实际上;事实上;
💡 real真实的+ly表副词 →真正地
"Tom was really hungry and ate up everything served."
汤姆确实饿坏了,把端到桌上的东西吃得精光.
近义：honestly, indeed, just, authentically, particularly, properly
反义：hypocritically, insincerely, lyingly, meretriciously, misleadingly, untruthfully
n. 忧郁;悲哀;愁思;闷闷不乐;
adj. 忧郁的;悲伤的;凄凉的;阴沉的;
💡 melan黑+chol胆固醇+y表形容词或名词 → 伤心得胆汁发黑 → 忧郁（的）；令人伤感（的）
"A mood of melancholy descended on us."
一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
近义：heartsickness, melancholia, moroseness, mournfulness, ruefulness, sadness
反义：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
interested
['ɪntrəstɪd]
adj. 感兴趣的;拥有权益的;有成见的;
v. 使…感兴趣(interest的过去分词);
💡 interest兴趣+ed形容词后缀 → 感兴趣的
"He is interested in the issues of crime and criminology."
他对犯罪及犯罪学方面的问题感兴趣.
近义：concerned, affected
反义：apathetic, impassive, imperviable, impervious, incurious, indifferent
n. 主题，话题;学科，科目;[哲]主观;
adj. 须服从…的;（在君主等）统治下的;
v. 提供，提出;使…隶属;
💡 sub在…下面+ject投掷，扔→扔下去→服从的，扔下去让大家讨论的主题 → 主题，主观；服从的
"She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father."
她正在为不得不向父亲提出钱的事犯愁。
近义：overpower, subdue, subjugate, submit, subordinate, tyrannize
反义：loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate
adj. 贫穷的，贫乏的;令人怜悯的，可怜的;匮乏的;低劣的;
n. the poor 贫困者，穷人;
💡 穿破（po）衣服的人（or），是因为 贫穷的
"Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor."
向富人征收的税应该比穷人的多.
近义：indigent, impecunious, landless, meager, miserly, needy
反义：loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
pron. (it的反身形式);它自己，它本身;自身，本身;
"The human race has enough weapons to annihilate itself."
人类有足够的武器灭绝自己。
近义：herself, himself, oneself, themselves, yourself, yourselves