I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
adv. 尤其地;主要地，格外地;显著地;异常地;
💡 e使+special特别的+ly...地→特别，格外
"Paddles are used especially to propel canoes and kayaks."
短桨特别用于划独木舟和小艇.
近义：namely, particularly, peculiarly, privately, singularly, specifically
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. 差别，差异;[数]差数，差额;意见分歧;特色;
vt. 辨别，区分;
💡 dif分开，否定，不+fer带来+ence名词后缀→带来不同→不同之处
"The new regulations will not make an appreciable difference to most people."
新的规定对大多数人将无大影响。
近义：inequality, odds, unlikeness, variant, version, inhomogeneity
反义：kindred, kinship, likeness, look, matching, parallel
convinced
[kən'vinst]
adj. 确信的;深信的;有坚定信仰的;
v. 使确信(convince的过去分词);说服;
"I am convinced of her innocence."
我坚信她是清白无辜的。
近义：persuaded, sold
vt. 改变，变更;交换，替换;兑换;换衣服（床单）;
vi. 改变，转变;交换，互换;换衣，更衣;
n. 变化，改变;交换，交替;零钱，找头;代替物;
💡 产(chan)鸽(ge) 改变有 零钱 网友：张腾 补充：chang 为 常，e为娥，常娥奔月代表月亮，而月亮是变化无常的。用联想分拆法记下
"political groups agitating for social change"
鼓吹社会变革的政治团体
近义：switch, modify, mutate, transform, unsettle, upset
反义：hold, husband, keep, prop, save, steady
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