His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
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n. 优先，优先权;（时间，序上的）先，前;优先考虑的事;[数]优先次序;
💡 prior优先+ity名词后缀→优先(权),重点
"The development of the national economy is a top priority."
发展国民经济是应予以最优先考虑的事.
近义：necessity, precedence, previousness, anteriority, necessary, preemptive
反义：subsequence, associate, attache, parallel, auxiliary, accessorial
vt. 印;给…以深刻印象;使铭记;
n. 印象;印记;
💡 im进+press挤压→压进去→盖印→印入头脑→盖印；感动
"The speaker tried hard to impress the audience but left them cold."
讲演者试图感动听众,但他没有打动听众的心.
近义：imprint, print, stamp, enchase, engrave, etch
n. 了解，理解;知识（表示多方面的知识时有复数knowledges这一用法）;学科;见闻;
💡 know知道+ledge框架 → 知识
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英语已经学得很好。
近义：idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
反义：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
adj. （方法、计划、系统等设计得）万无一失的，肯定成功的;
💡 fool笨蛋+proof防...的 →错不了的
"We're trying to work out a way to make the system foolproof."
我们正努力想办法使这个系统简单易操作.
反义：hellish, arduous, burdensome
v. 好像，仿佛;似乎;装作;看来好像;
💡 看（see）上去模（m）糊:视乎- 似乎
"I seem to have accumulated a lot of books."
我好像已经收集了很多书。
近义：look, appear
vt. 教;教导，训练;教授;
vi. 教书;
💡 teacher（老师）一边喝tea（茶），一边teach（教）
"We will discuss what to teach during the next term."
我们将讨论下学期要教什么.
近义：illustrate, indoctrinate, instruct, master, prepare, school
反义：know, acquire, develop