Man is born a predestined idealist, for he is born to act. To act is to affirm the worth of an end, and to persist in affirming the worth of an end is to make an ideal.
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vt.& vi. 断言，肯定;证实，确实;[法]不经宣誓而庄严宣布;承认;
💡 af一再+firm坚定→肯定
"This report is positively denied in official circles, who affirm that nothing of the kind occurred , but that the story is made out of whole cloth."
这篇报导为官方人士所断然否认, 他们断言根本没有这回事, 其内容纯属捏造.
近义：assert, assure, declare, hold, maintain, asseverate
反义：impugn, naysay, negate, object, oppose, rebut
v. 坚持;固执;存留;继续存在;
💡 per贯穿，自始至终+sist站→站到最后→坚持
"Why do you persist in blaming yourself for what happened?"
你何必为已发生的事没完没了地自责？
近义：insist, keep, last, persevere, prosecute, pursue
反义：quit, submit, succumb, surrender, bow, capitulate
adj. 理想的，完美的;被认为是最好的;完全或相当令人满意的;想象的，假设的;
n. 理想;典范，典型;目标，高尚的、有价值的原则或目标;
💡 ide=idea思想，观点+al名词后缀 → 对未来的思想 → 理想
"Any attempt to construct an ideal society is foredoomed to failure."
任何构建理想社会的努力都注定要失败。
近义：idealization, intention, aspiration, mark, objective, purport
反义：inappropriate, inapt, incompatible, insufficient, lacking, scanty
vt. bear的过去分词;支撑，支持;亲自携带，运输;
vi. 结果，生产;和…有关;
adj. 出生的，出身于…的;天生的，天赋的;
"Sam was born in the country and had a deep affinity with nature."
萨姆在乡下出生，特别喜爱大自然。
近义：inborn, inbred, inchoate, innate, congenital, connate
adj. 值得的;有…的价值;等值的;有…的财产;
n. 财富，财产;价值;
"Each answer is worth 20 points."
每题为20分。
近义：merit, price, pricing, rate, value, worthiness
反义：insignificance, slightness, insignificancy
n. 理想主义者, 唯心主义者\\na. 唯心论的, 理想主义的
近义：idealizer, utopian, daydreamer, dreamer, fancier, idealistic
反义：realist, realistic