The best historian is he who combines knowledge of the evidence with the largest intellect, the warmest human sympathy and the highest imaginative powers.
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n. 了解，理解;知识（表示多方面的知识时有复数knowledges这一用法）;学科;见闻;
💡 know知道+ledge框架 → 知识
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英语已经学得很好。
近义：idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
反义：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
n. 证词;证据;迹象;明显;
vt. 使明显;显示;表明;证实;
💡 e出+vid看+ence表名词→明显的证据→证据，证人
"You'd better give us as much factual evidence as possible."
你最好向我们尽可能多地提供事实证据.
近义：manifest, bare, show, state, represent, debunk
n. 智力，理解力;有才智的人;知识分子;
💡 intel在…中间+lect选择，收集→在中间选出的人→智者
"a man of considerable intellect"
相当有才智的人
近义：intelligence, intention, invention, mind, reason, talent
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. 意气相投，同感;同情，同情心;慰问;和谐的一致;
💡 sym共同，相同+pathy感情→同情
"His remorse is just an artifice to gain sympathy."
他的悔恨只是一种骗局,是为了博取同情.
近义：leniency, mercy, pity, ruth, sorriness, charity
adj. 富于想像力的，运用想像力的;想象或创造出来的;沉溺于想象的;虚假的;
💡 imagin=imagine想象+ative...的 → 想象力丰富的 → 富于想象的
"the writer's imaginative empathy with his subject"
作者把想象中的感情投入到笔下的人物
近义：imaginary, innovative, new, notional, original, resourceful
反义：legitimate, authentic, sterling, true, truthful, unfeigned