All for ourselves and nothing for other people seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.
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n. 人,人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于,布满;使住满人,在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 人类;男性,男子;
💡 man人+kind 种类→ n.人类
"the history of mankind"
人类的历史
近义:humanity, humankind, humans, man, civilization
pron. “myself”的复数;我们自己;(把)我们自己;
"We enjoyed ourselves immensely."
我们快活极了。
近义:us, we
n. 世界;地球;领域;尘世;
💡 一句(l)话(word)讲出 世界的本质
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里,他是她唯一的守护神。
近义:humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe
adj. 卑鄙的;〈口〉极坏的,讨厌的;〈古〉不足道,无价值的;粗鄙的,恶俗的;
"The weather was really vile most of the time."
天气大部分时间都糟糕得很。
近义:ignoble, low, lowborn, lowly, mean, nasty
反义:honorable, honourable, merited, notable, respectable, respected
n. 格言,座右铭;准则;
"" Waste not, want not " is her favourite maxim."
“ 不浪费则不匮乏 ” 是她喜爱的格言.
近义:aphorism, proverb, saw, saying, byword, adage