He who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself.
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adj. 合理的,公道的;明白道理的;适当的;有理性的;
💡 reason合理+able形容词后缀, 具有某种性质的 → 合理的, 通情达理的
"There is reasonable concordance between the two sets of results."
两组结果之间有着合理的一致。
近义:intelligent, levelheaded, logic, logical, moderate, modest
反义:illogical, inane, inconsistent, irrational, mad, meaningless
n. 生物,动物;人;创造物;(他人的)工具;
💡 cre产生+ at=ate表动词 + ure表名词→ create创造 + ure表名词 → 创造物,生物
"The dormouse is a shy, nocturnal creature."
榛睡鼠是一种在夜间活动的胆小动物。
近义:inbeing, being, entity, wight, animal
n. 书;卷;课本;账簿;
vt.& vi. 预订;
vt. 登记;(向旅馆、饭店、戏院等)预约;立案(控告某人);订立演出契约;
adj. 书的;账簿上的;得之(或来自)书本的;按照(或依据)书本的;
💡 簿(谐音): 书
"She seemed totally absorbed in her book."
她好像完全被这本书迷住了。
近义:prebook, preorder, reserve, textbook, tome, volume
n. 理由;原因;理性;理智;
vt.& vi. 推理,思考;争辩;辩论;向…解释;
💡 再(re)生一个(a)儿子(son), 理由是第一个儿子夭折了
"The reason for the flood was that heavy rain."
水灾是那场大雨造成的.
近义:ratiocinate, think, conclude, deduce, deduct, motivation
反义:idiocy, applesauce, imbecility, inaccuracy, inanity, mistake
pron. (it的反身形式);它自己,它本身;自身,本身;
"The human race has enough weapons to annihilate itself."
人类有足够的武器灭绝自己。
近义:herself, himself, oneself, themselves, yourself, yourselves