In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.
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n. 文明,文化;开化,教化;修养;文明社会;
💡 civil市民;礼貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明,文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
近义:humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
n. 快乐,高兴;使人高兴的东西或人;
vt. 使高兴,使欣喜;
vi. 感到高兴[快乐];
💡 de加强+light光亮 → 使光亮 → 使高兴
"They all cackled with delight."
他们都高兴得嘎嘎地笑。
近义:humor, please, pleasure, recreate, satisfy, tickle
反义:irritate, pain, roil, vex, disappoint, discontent
adv. 一次,一趟;一倍;曾经;一旦;
conj. 一旦…就…;一经;
n. 一次,一回;
💡 on=one一+ce次 → 一次
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
细菌一进入血液里,就附着在红细胞表面上。
近义:heretofore, occasionally, onetime, previously, sometimes, thereinbefore
prep. 反对;对…不利;紧靠;以防;
💡 gain =against (反对)#词根助记:反对
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票赞成,五人反对,两人弃权。
近义:athwart, agin
n. 灾祸,灾难;不幸之事;困苦;不幸;
💡 calam不幸+ity表名词 → 灾难,不幸
"The frost last week was a great calamity to the citrus industry."
上周的霜冻对柑橘种植业是一场大灾难.
近义:havoc, apocalypse, holocaust, misfortune, mishap, accident
反义:joy, bliss, blithe, felicity, godspeed, happiness
n. 书;卷;课本;账簿;
vt.& vi. 预订;
vt. 登记;(向旅馆、饭店、戏院等)预约;立案(控告某人);订立演出契约;
adj. 书的;账簿上的;得之(或来自)书本的;按照(或依据)书本的;
💡 簿(谐音): 书
"She seemed totally absorbed in her book."
她好像完全被这本书迷住了。
近义:prebook, preorder, reserve, textbook, tome, volume