The conquest of the earth... is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only... not a sentimental pretense but an idea.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 征服，击败;战利品;（尤指）爱情的俘虏;赢得（物）;
💡 con全部+quest寻求，询问 →征服
"Steve seems to have made a real conquest of Lily. They're always together."
史蒂夫好像真的赢得了莉莉的芳心. 他们总是在一起.
近义：triumph, vanquishing, victory, win, vanquishment, conquering
反义：overthrow, rout, thrashing, trimming, whipping, beating
n. 地球;陆地;泥土;兽穴;
vt. 把（电线）接地;盖（土）;追赶入洞穴;
vi. 躲进地洞;
💡 耳屎(谐音):耳朵屎长得有点像 泥土-泥土当然长在 地球上啦 ear(耳朵)+t(植物)+h(动物):听到感受到的一切之所在- 地球
"I rammed down the earth around the newly - planted tree."
我将新栽的树周围的土捣硬.
近义：ground, hill, mound, bank, plains, mainland
adj. 漂亮的;机灵的，聪明的;
adv. 相当，颇;
n. 漂亮的人（或东西）;
"Two days after the accident she still looked pretty banged up."
事故过去两天后她看上去伤势仍然很重。
近义：lovable, lovely, neat, nice, smart, super
反义：homely, inartistic, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely
n. 事件，形势;东西，事物;家伙;事业;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。
近义：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
vt.& vi. 看，瞧;
vi. 注意;面向;寻找;看起来好像;
n. 看;（尤指吸引人的）相貌;眼神;样子;
int. （插话或唤起注意）喂，听我说;
💡 l(棍)+oo(双眼)+k(开):挣开双眼搜索棍- 看
"That uniform makes the guards look absurd."
警卫们穿着那种制服看起来怪模怪样的。
近义：appear, seem, see, appearance, image, area
n. 主意，想法;[哲]理念，观念;[乐]乐句;模糊想法;
💡 dear(亲爱的），你有什么好idea(主意）
"How does the idea of a holiday in Spain grab you?"
你对于到西班牙去度假这个主意感兴趣 吗 ?
近义：intent, knowledge, notion, purpose, think, thought
📜 Joseph Conrad 的更多名言
"All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind."