Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes his aid against the other.... The prayers of both could not be answered--that of neither has been answered fully.
📚 名句词汇解析
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prep. 反对;对…不利;紧靠;以防;
💡 gain =against (反对)#词根助记：反对
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票赞成，五人反对，两人弃权。
近义：athwart, agin
neither
['niðɚ]
adj. （两者）都不的;
pron. 两者都不;
adv. 两个都不;既不…也不;
conj. 也不;既不;
💡 n(not)+either→既非；皆不；两者都不
"Neither party is willing to compromise and herein lies the problem."
双方都不愿意妥协，问题就在这里。
近义：no, either
反义：likewise, moreover, too, withal, besides, then
vt.& vi. 阅读，朗读;显示;研究;看得懂;
vt. 显示;阅读;读懂，理解;
n. 阅读;读物;读书;里德（人名）;
adj. 被朗读的;博识的;博览的;有学问的;
"When we read out 4.23, we say " four point two three "."
我们把4.23读作 四点二三.
近义：say, perusal, reading, knowledgeable, learned, scholarly
vt. 祈祷，祷告;请求，恳求;央求;
vi. 祈祷;请;恳求;
💡 扑(p)在光线(ray)下 祈祷
"We pray to God to deliver us from evil."
我们祈求上帝把我们从罪恶中拯救出来.
近义：ask, order, tell, request, solicit
反义：apostatize, swear, curse, damn
adv. 充分地;完全地;足足;彻底地;
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他发觉自己醒了过来，而且高度警觉。
近义：liberally, off, outright, abundantly, plethorically, plumb
反义：insufficiently, scarcely, scrappily, skimpily, truncately, unexhaustively
n. 圣经;有权威的书;
💡 百宝（谐音） 圣经被奉为百宝书
"According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam."
根据《圣经》所说的,我们都是亚当的后裔.