Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
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n. 文化;[生物学](微生物等的)培养;修养;养殖;
vt. 培植,培养;
💡 cult耕种,培养+ure抽象名词→[对心灵的]培养→人类文化
"the otherness of an alien culture"
异域文化的不同情调
近义:incubate, breed, cultivate, hatch, socialize, civilise
反义:philistinism, barbarism, roughness
n. 文明,文化;开化,教化;修养;文明社会;
💡 civil市民;礼貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明,文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
近义:humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
adv. 因此;所以;故;乃;
💡 there这样+fore无实义 → 因此,所以
"He lost his health, and therefore his difficulties increased."
他身体虚弱, 因此更增加了他的困难.
近义:hence, hencewith, hereupon, appropriately, avaunt, properly
adj. (通常指不愉快的事)即将发生的;迫切的,危急的;逼近的;迫在眉睫;
💡 im进+min伸出,突出+ent形容词后缀→伸进来→急迫的;即将来临的
"the imminent threat of invasion"
迫在眉睫的入侵威胁
近义:impendent, impending, looming
反义:imaginary, implausible, improbable, unbelievable, uncertain, utopical
n. 建筑学;建筑风格;体系结构;(总体、层次)结构;
💡 archi=archy主要的 + tect盖上 + ure表名词 →architect主要指导修建的=建筑师+ ure表名词 → 建筑学
"the architecture of the eighteenth century"
十八世纪的建筑风格
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