It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.
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adj. 不能的，不会的;无能力的，不熟练的;不能胜任的;〈罕，诗〉弱，无力的;
💡 un不+able形容词后缀, 具有某种性质的 → 不能的, 不会的
"Hundreds of people were unable to gain admittance to the hall."
数以百计的人未能获准进入大厅。
近义：incapable, incompetent, uncapable, unfit, unqualified, bumbling
vt. 想，设想;想像;料想，猜想;误认为;
vi. 想象;猜想，推测;
💡 imag=image图像+ine...的→有关图像的→想象
"Imagine my amazement when a 70 - year - old man beat me at tennis."
在网球赛中,我竟被一位70高龄的老人击败,请想像一下我当时的惊愕状态.
近义：ideate, picture, suppose, understand, visualise, visualize
adv. 可能地;也许，或许;敢是;容许;
💡 poss可能+ibly...地→可能地；也许
"It was possibly their worst performance ever."
这也许是他们迄今为止最糟糕的表现。
近义：likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, presumably, probably
反义：assuredly, absolutely, positively, quite, surely, thoroughly
bigotry
['bɪɡətri]
n. 偏执，顽固，偏执的行为;盲从;
"A cancer of bigotry spread through the community."
一种顽固的社会恶习扩散到整个社区.
近义：zealotry, churchiness, fanaticalness, fanaticism
adj. 某一;必然的;已确定的;
pron. [动词用复数]某些;
"Federal courts have a certain cachet which state courts lack."
联邦法院有某种州法院所缺乏的特别的东西.
近义：some, inarguable, indisputable, indubitable, invariable, irrefragable
反义：neither, implausible, improbable, uncertain, unlikely, avoidable
adv. 立刻，马上;向右，右边;恰当地;一直;
adj. 右方的;正确的;合适的;好的，正常的;
n. 正确，正当;右边;权利;右手;
vt. 纠正;扶直，使正;整理;补偿;
vi. （船舶等）复正，恢复平稳;
💡 请把名字写(write)在右边(right)
"Is the coffee all right?"
这咖啡还满意吗？
近义：avenge, vindicate, wreak, mend, rectify, reerect
反义：counterfeit, fake, forge, obstriction, pledge, responsibility