So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
📚 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
adj. 现在的;最近的;流行的;流传的;
n. 趋势;电流;水流;涌流;
💡 curr跑，发生+ent具有...性质的→跑的→流动的
"The current survey will have a wider geographical spread."
当前的调查将在更广泛的地域范围內进行.
近义：outpouring, stream, torrent, flood, flow, flux
反义：antiquated, archaic, naff, obsolete, off, outdated
vi. （心脏等）跳动;搜索;（风、雨等）吹打;（鼓）咚咚地响;
vt.& vi. 接连地击打;
vt. 打败;敲打;控制;避免;
n. 节拍;（鼓的）一击;管区;
adj. [美国口语]大吃一惊的;[常作 B-]“反传统一代”成员的;摇滚音乐的;[口语]（体力或情绪上）疲劳不堪的;
💡 谐音：毙它，就是 打死
"He beat me at chess."
他下棋赢了我。
近义：heartbeat, heartthrob, palpitation, pitapat, pulsation, stroke
反义：pet, stroke, cuddle, fondle
n. 背，背部;背面，反面;后面，后部;（椅子等的）靠背;
vt. 使后退;支持;加背书于;下赌注于;
vi. 后退;倒退;
adj. 背部的;后面的;以前的;拖欠的;
adv. 以前;向后地;
"Water allotments to farmers were cut back in the drought."
在干旱时期配给农民的水量减少。
近义：second, support, endorse, illustrate, document, backtrack
反义：impel, inch, save, loop, sheer, slew
ceaselessly
[['si:sləsli]]
adv. 不停地, 不断地
近义：incessantly, permanently, perpetually, steadily, unceasingly, unremittingly
adj. 过去的，以前的;结束的;前任的;
n. 过去，过往;往事;[语]过去时;
prep. 超过，超出;远于;越过;
adv. 经过，超过;
💡 past（过去的）已经pass（过去）
"She strode past him without a backward glance ."
她大步从他身边走过，都没有回头瞧他一眼。
近义：preterit, preterite, history, background, record, form
反义：modern, newfangled, present, topical, contemporary, current