It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.
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n. 冒险活动;冒险经历;奇遇;
💡 ad做…,加强…+venture冒险→冒险
"the pure escapism of adventure movies"
惊险电影的纯娱乐性
近义:incursion, quest, tour, venture, walkabout, campaign
n. 人,人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于,布满;使住满人,在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
vi. 成功;继承;
vt. 继承,继任,继位;随…之后;
💡 suc在…下面+ceed走→从下走到上面→成功
"I'm determined to succeed."
我决心要获得成功。
近义:prosper, thrive, triumph, win, overcome, conquer
反义:miscarry, renege, bungle, default, fizzle, flop
pron. 他[她,它]们自己;他们亲自;“himself”的复数;“herself”的复数;
💡 them他们+selves自己的复数 → 他们自己,
"All our officers are trained to defend themselves against knife attacks."
我们所有的警察都接受过自卫训练,能够对付持刀袭击。
近义:herself, himself, itself, oneself, them, yourself
n. 发现物;研究结果;调查(或研究)的结果;<律>(陪审团的)裁决;
v. 发现( find的现在分词);
💡 find发现+ ing构成抽象名词 → 发现;调查的结果
"There was the usual faff of finding somewhere to park the car."
找地方停车照例又是一番忙乱。
近义:invention, strike, disclosure, discovery, find, inference
a. 博学的, 聪颖的, 精明的
近义:hip, informed, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, mindful
反义:silly, stupid, tomfool, unaware, uneducated, unenlightened