If the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
— Charles Darwin  ·  No category

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misery ['mɪzəri] 词频2
n. 痛苦;不幸;穷困;悲惨的境遇;
💡 miser可怜的+y表名词 → 可怜，可悲
"Fame brought her nothing but misery."
名声只给她带来了痛苦。
近义：anxiety, misfortune, mishap, pain, poverty, sorrow 反义：plenty, wealth, wealthiness, opulency, affluence
nature ['netʃɚ] 词频1 词根: 出生
n. 自然;天性;天理;类型;
💡 nat出生的+ure状态→出生状态→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
两党制的对抗性
近义：milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment
poor [pʊr] 词频1
adj. 贫穷的，贫乏的;令人怜悯的，可怜的;匮乏的;低劣的; n. the poor 贫困者，穷人;
💡 穿破（po）衣服的人（or），是因为 贫穷的
"Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor."
向富人征收的税应该比穷人的多.
近义：indigent, impecunious, landless, meager, miserly, needy 反义：loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
great [ɡret] 词频1
adj. 伟大的，杰出的;优异的，显著的;很多的;重大的; adv. [口语]很好地;令人满意地，成功地，顺利地;得意地; n. 大人物们;伟大人物;重要人物，大师;名家;
💡 联想：“贵的”就是伟大的 网友：12 补充：gr 工人 eat吃 解决工人吃饭问题，不就是伟大的问题。great 伟大
"According to Mick, it's a great movie."
据米克说，这是一部了不起的电影。
近义：super, awesome, cool, fine, large, big 反义：minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
laws
n. 法律；规章（law的复数）
近义：regulations, rulings, statutes, principles
caused
v. 引起；使发生（cause的过去分词）

📜 Charles Darwin 的更多名言

"Why, on the theory of Creation, should there be so much variety and so little real novelty?"
"We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act."
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
"The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts."
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
"The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an improved theory, is it then a science or faith?"
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