Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.
— Alfred North Whitehead  ·  No category

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civilization [,sɪvələ'zeʃən] 词频2 词根: civilize
n. 文明，文化;开化，教化;修养;文明社会;
💡 civil市民；礼貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明，文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
近义：humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
number ['nʌmbɚ] 词频1 词根: number
n. 数字;数量;号码;编号; v. 标号;总计;把…算作;
💡 numer, number 表示”数字”;”计算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
过去十年，农业从业人数已经下降。
近义：numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher 反义：remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
important [ɪm'pɔrtnt] 词频1 词根: ant
adj. 重要的;权威的;有势力的;有地位的;
💡 import重要的 + ant 具有...性质的 → a.重要的；有势力的
"Earthworms do the important job of aerating the soil."
蚯蚓做了使土壤透气的重要工作。
近义：appreciable, indispensable, interesting, landmark, major, material 反义：idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
perform [pə'fɔ:m] 词频1 词根: 形式
vt.& vi. 执行;履行;表演;扮演; vt. 工作;做;进行;完成; vi. 运行，表现;（驯兽）玩把戏;
💡 完全(per)+形式(form):使形式完全一样靠 执行
"to perform an autopsy"
进行尸体剖验
近义：make, realize, accomplish, achieve, complete, do
thinking ['θiŋkiŋ] 词频1
n. 思考;想法，思想;意见;见解; adj. 有思想的;有理性的; v. “think”的现在分词;
"She's thinking about a career in banking."
她正在考虑从事银行业。
近义：approach, judgement, judgment, notion, opinion, sentiment
advances
n. 作友好表示, 求爱, 献殷勤\\n[机] 提早, 前进
近义：approaches, overtures, propositions

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"The poet, the artist, the sleuth - whoever sharpens our perception tends to be antisocial... he cannot go along with currents and trends."
"What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike."
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