As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science and inferior morals. The combination is unstable and self-destroying.
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n. 物种;种类;类型;[逻辑] 个体;
💡 spec(see)+ies(名词后缀)→种类
"The book described the adaptation of desert species to the hot conditions."
这本书描绘了沙漠物种对炎热环境的适应.
近义：race, pedigree, breed, blood, kind
n. 过程;工序;做事方法;工艺流程;
vt. 加工;处理;审阅;审核;
vi. 列队行进;
adj. 经过特殊加工（或处理）的;
💡 pro向前，在前+cess行走→过程；进行
"The factory manager used a flowchart to explain the production process."
工厂经理用一幅作业图来说明生产过程.
近义：inure, mill, treat, transact, execute, expedite
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
adj. （质量等）低劣的;下级的，下等的;（位置在）下面的;[植]下位的;
n. 部下，下属;次品;晚辈;[印]下角码;
💡 infer推断+ior表形容词，较...的 →轻易推断出的 →低下的
"to make sb feel inferior"
使某人自惭形秽
近义：assistant, lesser, lower, minor, undermost, disadvantageous
反义：magnificent, marvelous, outstanding, premier, primary, prime
n. 结合;联合体;密码组合;连裤内衣;
💡 com共同+bin=bine藤蔓+ation表名词 →结合，联合
"His treatment was a combination of surgery, radiation and drugs."
对他的治疗是把手术、放射和药物治疗结合为一体。
近义：melding, mixture, combine, composite, compound, assortment
unstable
[ʌn'stebl]
adj. 不稳固的;不坚定的;易变的;反复无常的;
💡 un不+stable稳定, 具有某种性质的 → 不牢固的, 不稳定的
"The political situation remains highly unstable."
政局仍然十分动荡。
近义：astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
反义：poised, balanced, sensible, stalwart, steadfast, steady