The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. （物体的）飞行;航班;飞翔;楼梯的一段;
vi. 成群地迁徙或飞行;
vt. 射击;使惊飞;
💡 fly(飞行)+t(表示抽象名词的后缀)→飞行；飞翔
"They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar."
他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行.
近义：connection, connexion, soaring, run, scurry, scuttle
adj. 向上的，上升的;升高的;
adv. 向上地，上升地;
💡 up向上+ward向... →向上的
"an upward movement in property prices"
房地产价格的上升
近义：ascendant, ascendent, ascending, rising, uphill, upline
反义：downward, downwards
adj. 伟大的，杰出的;优异的，显著的;很多的;重大的;
adv. [口语]很好地;令人满意地，成功地，顺利地;得意地;
n. 大人物们;伟大人物;重要人物，大师;名家;
💡 联想：“贵的”就是伟大的 网友：12 补充：gr 工人 eat吃 解决工人吃饭问题，不就是伟大的问题。great 伟大
"According to Mick, it's a great movie."
据米克说，这是一部了不起的电影。
近义：super, awesome, cool, fine, large, big
反义：minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
adj. 突然的，未预见到的;急躁的，仓促的;快的，迅速的;急剧;
💡 傻等（谐音）：事太 突然，让你傻等 速(su)打(d)倒(d)恩(en)人，太 突然
"She was totally bewildered by his sudden change of mood."
他的情绪突变搞得她全然不知所措。
近义：hurried, abrupt, lightning, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous
反义：stepped, probable, expectable, expected
n. 夜;晚上;（举行盛事的）夜晚;
"I don't like going out alone at night."
我不喜欢夜晚单独外出。
近义：nighttime, nite, evening, nightly, nocturnal, pm
反义：daylight, daytime