It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars.
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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
adv. 精确地;确切地;完全地，全然;恰恰;
💡 ex出，出去+act行动，做+ly表示状态、程度、方式、“...地” →精切的,精确地,恰好
"Good, you have exactly hit off the writer's style."
很好, 你已将那位作家的风格确切地刻画出来了.
近义：identically, just, particularly, perfectly, precisely, properly
反义：inaccurately
n. 时间;时刻;时代;次;
vt. 为…安排时间;测定…的时间;调准（机械的）速度;拨准（钟、表）的快慢;
vi. 合拍;和谐;打拍子;
adj. 定时的;定期的;[美国英语]分期（付款）的;
int. [体育]时间到，（一场或一局等的）比赛时限，暂停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能带两个。
近义：clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon
vi. 来;开始;出现;发生;
vt. 做;装扮…的样子;将满（…岁）;
int. 嗨！;
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去，现在就要行动起来。
近义：impersonate, perform, personify, portray, represent, stage
反义：leave, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, split
vt. 控制;管理;限制;支配;
n. 支配权;操纵者;（对国家、地区、机构等的）管理权;（键盘上的）控制键;
"The pilot was given clearance to land by air traffic control."
飞行员得到空中交通管制站发出的着陆许可。
近义：rig, manipulate, manage, operate, regulate, run
反义：obey, follow, heed, hold, honor, keep
a. 受约束的, 克制的\\n[法] 受管制的, 受控制的, 受管辖的
近义：controled, supervised, managed, regulated, restrained, codified
反义：insubordinate, loose, rampant, runaway, saturnalian, unbound