A divine falsehood is more powerful than any human truth.
📚 名句词汇解析
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adj. 神的, 天赐的;极好的;神圣的;
vt.&vi. 占卜,预言;猜测, 预测;(用丫形杖)探测(地下水);
n. 牧师;神学家;
💡 divinus(属于神的)+ine(形容词后缀)→神的;神圣的;超人的
"No player has a divine right to be in this team."
没有哪名选手天生就有权留在这个队里。
近义:augur, portend, predict, prophesy, foresee, foretell
反义:hellish, immoral, impious, iniquitous, irreligious, obscene
adj. 强大的;权力大的;(药)有效地;
adv. 很;非常;
💡 power力量+ful表形容词,“有…的” →有力的
"The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels."
那些大领主的罪过是以权势欺压村民.
近义:lordly, masterful, mighty, authoritative, potent, puissant
反义:impotent, infirm, labile, languid, languishing, languorous
n. 人,人类;
adj. 人的;有人性的;显示人类特有弱点的;人本性的;
💡 hum土,地+an名词后缀,属于...的,传说人是由土造出的 → 人类
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老师打了个比喻,把人的心脏比作水泵。
近义:mortal
n. 真理;真相,事实;忠实,忠诚;现实,现实性;
💡 tru相信,真实+th抽象名词 →事实,真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反义:hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
n. <正> 谎言,假话,虚假;
"to test the truth or falsehood of her claims"
检验她陈述的真伪
近义:hypocrisy, lying, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, trickery
反义:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness