Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
prep. （表示位置）在…的后面;支持;（表示顺序）在身后;（表示比较）落后于;
adv. 在后面;向后;在后面较远处;（落）在后面;
n. 〈口〉屁股;
💡 be构成一些介词+hind藏在后面→在…后面
"The crowd had to stand behind barriers."
人群只好站在障碍物后面。
近义：back, posterior, rear, rearward, lagging, late
反义：quick, rapid, accelerated
n. 证词;证据;迹象;明显;
vt. 使明显;显示;表明;证实;
💡 e出+vid看+ence表名词→明显的证据→证据，证人
"You'd better give us as much factual evidence as possible."
你最好向我们尽可能多地提供事实证据.
近义：manifest, bare, show, state, represent, debunk
n. 发展，进化;被发展的状态;新生事物，新产品;开发区;
💡 develop发展+ment表名词 →发展发达，发展
"The development was bitterly opposed by the local community."
这一开发项目遭到了当地社区的愤怒抵制。
近义：progress, unfoldment, upgrowth, evolution, evolvement, growth
反义：backwardness, underdevelopment, atrophy, degeneracy, degeneration
vt. 包围，围绕;
n. （物品的）边;外围物;
💡 上面(sur)被圆的(round)东西 环绕起来 网友：yqy补充： sur上+round圆圈→在上面有圆圈－－被包围
"Tall trees surround the lake."
环湖都是大树。
近义：hem, rail, band, ring, wall, blockade
反义：pass, range, span, traverse, bridge, course
pron. “myself”的复数;我们自己;（把）我们自己;
"We enjoyed ourselves immensely."
我们快活极了。
近义：us, we
vt. 种植;扩大;扩展;增加;
vi. 生长;渐渐变得;逐渐开始;
vt.& vi. （使）留长，蓄长;
"He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache."
他已经决定留起络腮胡子和髭。
近义：proliferate, propagate, breed, upsize, expand, increase
反义：shrink, lessen, attenuate, reduce, remit, slacken