Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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n. 无知，愚昧;蒙;
💡 i不+gnor知道+ance名词后缀 →无知，愚昧
"They were at last freed from the fetters of ignorance."
他们终于从愚昧无知的束缚中解脱出来。
近义：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
反义：idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
adj. 更好的，更可取的;略胜一筹的;
💡 prefer先拿来=更喜欢+able…的 → 更好的
"Anything was preferable to the tense atmosphere at home."
什么都比家里的紧张气氛好。
近义：preferential, preferred, preferring, superior, best, better
反义：lousy, badder, baddest, punk, worst, awful
n. 错误，过失;[法]误审，违法;[数]误差;
💡 err漫游，犯错误+or表名词，物 → 错误
"The Kenyan athlete made a tactical error in starting too fast."
肯尼亚运动员犯了战术错误,起步时跑得太快.
近义：inaccuracy, lapse, miscalculation, misinformation, mistake, mistaking
反义：arrival, success, triumph, victory, achievement
adj. （时间上）遥远的;远离的;远程的;微小的;
n. 远程操作;遥控器;
vt. 使…向远方延伸，把…延展到远处;
💡 re回+mote移动→动回去→退回去→遥远的
"The remote desert area is accessible only by helicopter."
只有乘直升机才能进入那遥远的荒漠地区。
近义：isolated, outlying, removed, retired, secluded, separate
反义：hither, immediate, near, nearby, neighboring, neighbouring
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
adj. 较少的（little的比较级）;较小的;较次的，较劣的;较不重要的;
adv. 较少地，较小地;
prep. 减去;少掉;不足;
n. 较少，较小;
"We aim to improve opportunities for the less advantaged in society."
我们的宗旨是为社会地位比较低下的人增加机会。
近义：least, lesser, minus
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