Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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n. 智慧，明智;常识，好的判断力;知识，学问;古训;
💡 wis=wise智慧的+dom状态或领域 →智慧
"The received wisdom is that they cannot win."
大家一致认为他们不会赢。
近义：prudence, sageness, sanity, sensibleness, carefulness, discretion
反义：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
vt. 把…除外;不计;
prep. 除…外;
conj. [口语]要不是;除非;除…以外;
vi. 反对，表示异议（与 to 或 against连用）;
💡 ex出+cept拿，抓，握住→拿出 → 除外
"I received nothing except what was due to me."
除了我应得的东西,我并未接受任何东西.
近义：omit, preclude, void, blackball, exclude, barring
反义：realize, accommodate, consider
vt. 提高（土地、地产）的价值;利用（机会）;改善，改良;
vi. 变得更好;改进，改善;
💡 im(in)+prov(test)+e(动词后缀)→改良；改善；进步
"We aim to improve opportunities for the less advantaged in society."
我们的宗旨是为社会地位比较低下的人增加机会。
近义：perfect, avail, profit, upgrade, benefit, better
反义：intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, increase
adv. 自动地;无意识地;不自觉地;机械地;
"The oven burners reignite automatically if blown out."
烤炉的火如果吹灭了会自动再点燃。
近义：mechanically
vi. 来;开始;出现;发生;
vt. 做;装扮…的样子;将满（…岁）;
int. 嗨！;
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去，现在就要行动起来。
近义：impersonate, perform, personify, portray, represent, stage
反义：leave, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, split
adj. 真正的;真实的;忠实的;正确的;
adv. 真正地;确实地;正确地;正当地;
n. 真理，真实;正，准，精确;
vt. 摆正;决定（某物）的位置以使其平衡、平稳或水平;
"A whale is a fish. True or false?"
鲸鱼是鱼，对还是错？
近义：legitimate, original, authentic, real, sterling, truthful
反义：illegitimate, imitation, artificial, mock, phoney, phony
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"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."
— H. L. Mencken