Babylon violated diminishes Alexander; Rome enslaved diminishes Caesar; massacred Jerusalem diminishes Titus. Tyranny follows the tyrant. Woe to the man who leaves behind a shadow that bears his form.
📚 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
n. 暴虐;专横;暴行;
💡 tyrann=tyrant暴君+y表名词 → 暴政, 苛政, 专治
"a victim of oppression and tyranny"
压迫和暴政的受害者
近义：arbitrareity, absolutism, autocracy, caesarism, despotism, dictatorship
n. 专制统治者，暴君;（古希腊的）僭主;专横的人;
💡 tyrann-, tyranni-, tyran- 【希腊传入拉丁】表”独裁者”
"The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves."
暴君听不到奴隶们的哀鸣.
近义：martinet, oppressor, autocrat, totalitarian, despot, dictator
prep. （表示位置）在…的后面;支持;（表示顺序）在身后;（表示比较）落后于;
adv. 在后面;向后;在后面较远处;（落）在后面;
n. 〈口〉屁股;
💡 be构成一些介词+hind藏在后面→在…后面
"The crowd had to stand behind barriers."
人群只好站在障碍物后面。
近义：back, posterior, rear, rearward, lagging, late
反义：quick, rapid, accelerated
n. 形状，形式;外形;方式;表格;
vt. 形成;构成;组织;塑造;
vi. 形成，产生;排队，整队;
💡 form =shape,表示”形状”
"The noun " mouse " is the singular form of " mice " ."
名词mouse是 mice 的单数形式.
近义：past, background, record, dossier, antecedents, institute
反义：hypertrophy, misshape, twist, uglify, warp, contort
n. 阴影;影子;鬼，幽灵;隐蔽处;
vt. 投阴影于;使朦胧;跟踪，尾随;预示;
vi. 渐变;阴沉;
adj. 影子内阁的;阴影的;非正式的;
💡 老大(ad)在展示(show) 阴影
"Please stand to one side; you're casting your shadow over my work."
请你往边上站一站, 你挡着我的光线了.
近义：sadden, darken, trail, obfuscate, obscure, shade