Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
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n. 学问,学术,知识;
v. 学习(learn的现在分词);
💡 learn学习+ing行业,状态,行为 →学问
"children learning addition and subtraction"
学习加减的儿童
近义:instruction, schooling, schoolteaching, teaching, training, tuition
反义:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
adj. 必须做的,强制性的;义务的;必修的;
💡 com共同+puls驱动,推+ory...的→强制性的
"Attendance at these lectures is not compulsory."
这些课不是硬性规定要听的。
近义:mandatory, necessary, needful, obligated, obligatory, obliged
反义:optional
neither
['niðɚ]
adj. (两者)都不的;
pron. 两者都不;
adv. 两个都不;既不…也不;
conj. 也不;既不;
💡 n(not)+either→既非;皆不;两者都不
"Neither party is willing to compromise and herein lies the problem."
双方都不愿意妥协,问题就在这里。
近义:no, either
反义:likewise, moreover, too, withal, besides, then
n. 幸存,生存;幸存者;遗物;遗风;
💡 sur=super超过+viv活+al名词后缀→经过事故活着→幸存
"The doctor told my wife I had a fifty - fifty chance of survival."
医生告诉我的妻子,说我活下去的可能性只有50%.
近义:livelihood, subsistence, survivorship, sustenance
反义:killing, liquidation, obliteration, dejection, destruction, elimination