Beauty is no quality in things themselves: it exists merely in the mind which contemplates them.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇,帮助你深度理解这句话
n. 美好;美人;完美;突出的范例;
💡 bell, beau 美好
"Her beauty appeared ageless."
她的美显得经久不衰。
近义:loveliness, niceness, preciousness, prettiness, pulchritude, sightliness
反义:hideousness, plainness, unsightliness
n. 质量,品质;美质,优点;才能,能力,技能,素养;品种;
adj. 优质的,高质量的;上流社会的;
💡 qual资格+ity表名词 → n.质量;品质,特性
"The burden of his complaint was that quality was very poor."
他投诉的要点是品质非常差.
近义:manner, mode, nature, way, character, kind
反义:poorness, shoddiness, sleaziness, trashiness
pron. 他[她,它]们自己;他们亲自;“himself”的复数;“herself”的复数;
💡 them他们+selves自己的复数 → 他们自己,
"All our officers are trained to defend themselves against knife attacks."
我们所有的警察都接受过自卫训练,能够对付持刀袭击。
近义:herself, himself, itself, oneself, them, yourself
adv. 仅仅,只不过;只是;纯粹;全然;
💡 mere仅仅 + ly...的 → ad.仅仅,只不过
"Do you really want to go or are you merely being amiable?"
你是真的想去呢,还是仅仅为了表示友好?
近义:just, only, purely, simply, solely, but
n. 心,精神,心力,知,智力,智慧;心胸,头脑,人;愿望,目的,意向,意志,决心,见解,意见;记忆,记性,记忆力,回想;
vi. 介意;注意;
vt. 专心于;介意;愿意做;照顾;
💡 mind→心;意志;精神;理性;智力;注意;开会;介意
"His mind reached after an understanding of the problem."
他开动脑筋,想弄懂这个问题.
近义:heed, attend, ware, beware, follow, care