If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run - and often in the short one - the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.
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adj. 有学问的;博学的;学术上的;精通某门学问的;
v. 学习(learn的过去式和过去分词);得知;
💡 learn学习+ed形容词后缀 → 有学问的；学术上的
"He has not yet learned how to be gracious in defeat."
他还没有学会怎样豁达大度地面对失败。
近义：highbrow, informed, knowing, knowledgeable, lettered, literate
n. 历史，历史学;发展史;履历，经历;（某地的）沿革;
💡 histor过去发生的事 + y 表名词→ 历史；个人经历
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言，他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义：archives, papers, past, background, record, records
n. 发明;发明物;捏造：内心捏造的东西，特指谎言;发明才能;
💡 invent发明，创造+ion名词后缀 → 发明，创造，捏造
"Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time."
传真机在当时是一项了不起的发明。
近义：improvisation, intellect, intelligence, strike, talent, brainchild
n. 发现，发觉;（剧情的）发展;被发现的事物;[法]显示证据;
💡 discover发现+y表名词 →掀开 → 发现
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常认为，蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
近义：invention, strike, disclosure, find, finding
n. 勇敢;鲁莽;
adj. 胆大的，勇敢的;意气风发的;
v. 敢(dare的现在分词);
💡 dar=dare敢于+ing形容词后缀 → 大胆的,勇敢的
"a daring walk in space"
勇敢的太空漫步
近义：bold, heart, impulsiveness, intrepidity, manhood, manliness
反义：intimidation, poltroonery, recreancy, spinelessness, timidity, unmanliness
n. 保守的人;（英国）保守党党员，保守党支持者;
adj. 保守的;（英国）保守党的;（式样等）不时新的;
💡 con加强+serv保持+ative...的→ 保守的
"a card-carrying member of the Conservative party"
保守党正式党员
近义：praetorian, rightist, tory, traditionalist, moderate, restrained
反义：red, commie, liberal, licentious, loose, permissive