We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.
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n. 无知，愚昧;蒙;
💡 i不+gnor知道+ance名词后缀 →无知，愚昧
"They were at last freed from the fetters of ignorance."
他们终于从愚昧无知的束缚中解脱出来。
近义：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
反义：idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
vi. 流行，盛行;获胜，占优势;说服，劝说;
💡 pre预先+vail强壮→能够领先强壮者的获胜 → 胜，优胜
"Can all our efforts towards morality prevail over the forces of evil?"
我们为提倡伦理道德所做的努力能够战胜邪恶的力量 吗 ?
近义：overpower, overrule, predominate, preponderate, reign, dominate
反义：submit, surrender, yield, bow, cede, compromise
vi. 幸存，活下来;
vt. 比…活得长，经历…之后还存在;幸存;
vt.& vi. 幸免于难;挺过;艰难度过;
💡 sur=super超过+vive=viv生命→超越灾难，挽救生命 → 活下来，幸免于，还活着
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去，现在就要行动起来。
近义：last, stand, subsist, outlive, resist
反义：part, croak, decease, depart, die, expire
adj. 单独的;独一无二的;独自的;
adv. 单独地;独自地;孤独地;只，只有;
💡 al(all)+one→单独的(地)(=quite by oneself)
"She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone."
她一想到独自旅行的情景就害怕。
近义：isolated, lone, remote, secluded, sequestered, solitary
反义：joint
vt. 允许;承认;给予;准许（做某事）;
vi. 容许;考虑;
💡 都（all）低下（low）头，表 同意
"His parents won't allow him to stay out late."
他的父母不会允许他在外待得很晚。
近义：license, authorize, permit, warrant, licence, commission
反义：inhibit, interdict, outlaw, preclude, prevent, prohibit
prep. 在…上面;当…时候;
"It was a title bestowed upon him by the king."
那是国王赐给他的头衔。
近义：above, atop, on, onto, over, o'er