When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.
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adj. 无知的，愚昧的;由无知引起的;无学识的;
💡 i=in不+gnor知道+ant...的 →无知的
"He's ignorant about modern technology."
他对现代科技一无所知。
近义：ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, silly, stupid, tomfool
反义：highbrow, initiate, sage, savant, scholar, stager
adv. 几乎不;简直不;刚刚;严厉地，粗鲁地;
💡 hard艰难 + ly...地→ ad.几乎不，简直不
"Their new manifesto hardly threatens to bring the whole edifice of capitalism crashing down."
他们新的宣言声称要摧毁整个资本主义大厦，这是不可能的。
近义：approximately, insufficiently, narrowly, nearly, barely, roughly
反义：just, plainly, readily, simply, effortlessly
adj. 有学问的;博学的;学术上的;精通某门学问的;
v. 学习(learn的过去式和过去分词);得知;
💡 learn学习+ed形容词后缀 → 有学问的；学术上的
"He has not yet learned how to be gracious in defeat."
他还没有学会怎样豁达大度地面对失败。
近义：highbrow, informed, knowing, knowledgeable, lettered, literate
num. 十四;十四个;第十四;
n. 十四的记号;十四岁;十四点钟;十五世纪;
💡 four四+teen十 → 十四
"A group of students filed in, fourteen or fifteen all told."
一队学生鱼贯而入, 共有十四五个人.
n. 二十，二十个;二十多岁;二十年代;许多，大量;
num. 二十;
adj. 二十的;
💡 twen=two二+ty十 → 二十
"The farmer picked twenty pears."
农民摘掉了二十个梨子。
n. 父亲;祖先;（尤指天主教和东正教的）神父;天父;
vt. 成为父亲;创立（新思想）;创造;发明（新方法）;
💡 她的（her） 父亲很胖（fat） 网友：ＢＯＢ 补充：分解：胖胖的（fat）坐在椅子（h象形）上的那个人（er表示人）是我的父亲
"his father's agonizing death"
他父亲极度痛苦的死
近义：reproduce, breed, adopt, ingenerate, sire, beget
反义：boy, child, descendant
📜 Mark Twain 的更多名言
"Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."