The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.
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n. 真理;真相，事实;忠实，忠诚;现实，现实性;
💡 tru相信，真实+th抽象名词 →事实，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反义：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
adj. （级别、地位）较高的;（在质量等方面）较好的;（数量）较多的;上等的;
n. 上级;较好的人[事物]，优胜者;修道院院长;方丈;
💡 super在上面+ior表形容词，较...的 →在上面的，超越的
"vastly superior"
强得多
近义：head, provost, chairman, chief, director, higher
反义：servient, subaltern, subordinate, understrapper, wo, sub
pron. 某人，有人;
n. 大人物，重要的人物;
💡 some 有些 +body 人→ pron.某人，有人
"There's always somebody at home in the evenings."
晚上总有人在家。
近义：heavy, heavyweight, hotshot, lion, mandarin, mogul
n. 贵族阶级;高贵的身分[出身];高尚，崇高;庄严，雄伟;
💡 nobil=noble高贵+ity表名词→ 高贵
"The new merchant class was anxious for acceptance by the old nobility."
新兴的商业阶层渴望得到旧贵族的接纳.
近义：loftiness, nobleness, chivalry, generosity, gentlemanliness, aristocracy
反义：plebeianism, commonality, mob, raff, ragtag, riffraff
adj. 以前的，从前的;在前的;前任的;
n. 模型，样板;构成者，创造者;起形成作用的人;[无线]线圈架;
💡 form=fore先前 + er表人\/物→前者
"A couple of them are former bosses."
有几位是以前的上司或老板。
近义：onetime, back, preceding, previous, prior, old
反义：hindmost, last, latest, rearmost, utmost, aftermost
adj. 高尚的;贵族的;外表庄严和庄重的;表现出崇高的;
n. 尊贵的人;旧时在英国使用的金币;
💡 nob(高贵的)+le: 高尚的
"He died for a noble cause."
他为了高尚的事业而牺牲。
近义：hidalgo, aristocrat, nobleman, patrician, don, gentleman
反义：plebe, commoner, peeress, ignoble, lowly, proletariat