The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds.
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n. 困难,麻烦,难事;难度;异议,争论,纠葛;财政困难,(经济)拮据;
💡 difficult困难的+y表名词 →困难
"They showed great perseverance in the face of difficulty."
他们面对困难表现了坚强的毅力。
近义:headache, hindrance, hitch, holdback, holdup, hurdle
反义:ease, easiness
ramify
['ræmə,fai]
vt. 使分枝,使分叉;
vi. 成枝杈状;
"These plants ramify early and get to be very large."
这些植物很早就分枝,因而可以长得非常大.
近义:bifurcate, branch, diversify
n. 角落,角;拐角;困境;[商]囤积;
vi. 驾车转弯;聚于角落;
vt. 垄断;逼入困境;
adj. 位于角落的;
💡 玉米(corn)让儿子(er)在 街角看守
"at the corner of the street"
在街角
近义:turn, turning, bend, curve, nail, siege
反义:loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate
v. 带来( bring的过去式和过去分词 );促使;提供;使朝(某方向或按某方式)移动;
"The statue was brought to Rome in antiquity ."
这座雕像是古时运到罗马的。