When he followed the instincts which God had transmitted to him from his ancestry of beasts of prey, he called it sin and asked God to forgive him.
— Bertrand Russell  ·  No category

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ancestry ['ænsɛstri] 词根: ante
n. <集合词>祖先;世家，名门;[生]系谱;血统;
💡 an先+cest走+ry表名词 → 走在前面的 → 祖先
"to have Scottish ancestry"
祖籍苏格兰
近义：lineage, ascendancy, ascendency, order, origin, parentage 反义：plebeianism, commonality
prey [pre] 词频2
n. 被捕食的动物;捕食（习性）;受害者;受骗者; vi. 捕食;（疾病等）使人慢慢衰弱;折磨;（人）靠欺诈为生;
💡 prey(prey)→掠食；牺牲者；捕食；掠夺
"the relationship between predator and prey"
捕食性动物与猎物之间的关系
近义：hunt, chase, kill, quarry, sport, catch
forgive [fɚ'ɡɪv] 词频2 词根: for
vt.& vi. 原谅; 饶恕; 对不起;请原谅 ; vt. 免除;
💡 for(away from)+give→原谅（=to give away）
"I'll never forgive her for what she did."
我绝不会原谅她做的事。
近义：indulgence, absolve, pardon, remit, resolve, spare 反义：impeach, implicate, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict
called
a. 被呼叫的
近义：named, designate
followed
a. 跟随的；服从的
instincts
n. 直觉；本能（instinct的复数）

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"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."
"It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go."
"A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand."
"Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man."
"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."
"This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities."
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