Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay.
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v. 当心;提防;
💡 be使…成为+ware注意→注意
"Motorists have been warned to beware of icy roads."
已经提醒开车的人当心冰封的路面。
近义:mind, ware, careful, caution, alert
adv. 始终;一直;重复不断地;
💡 con始终+ stant = stand站 + ly ...地 → constant始终站着=不变的 + ly ...地 → 不变地
"She felt her husband constantly belittled her achievements."
她觉得她的丈夫时常贬低她的成就。
近义:incessantly, permanently, perpetually, steadily, unceasingly, ceaselessly
反义:infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
vt.& vi. 专心于;注意;集中;聚集;
vt. 浓缩,(使)浓缩;[采矿]汰选;选矿,精选,富集;
vi. 凝缩,浓缩,提纯;
n. 浓缩物;
adj. 集中起来的,经过浓缩的;
💡 con共同+centr中心+ate动词后缀→集中;浓缩
"You should concentrate on the road when you're driving."
开车时注意力应集中在路上.
近义:ingather, assemble, muster, rally, collect, congregate
反义:isolate, segregate, sever, split, detach, disjoin
n. 天才;天赋;天才人物;(特别的)才能;
💡 geni出生,产生+us用→生出[就有]→天才
"the genius of Shakespeare"
莎士比亚的天才
近义:sage, savant, intellect, intelligence, invention, knack
反义:idiocy, imbecility, inanity, asininity, ludicrousness, nonsense
pron. 无论什么;任何(事物);诸如此类;(表示不在乎,什么都可接受)什么都可以;
adj. 无论什么…都;无论怎样…都;任何…也;
💡 what什么+ever究竟→无论什么
"Do whatever seems best to you."
你觉得什么最好,就做什么。
近义:any, whatsoever, whichever, whichsoever, either, anything
vt.& vi. 对(自己的所为)感到懊悔或忏悔;
adj. [植] 匍匐生根的;[动] 爬行的;
💡 re反+pent处罚→反过来惩罚自己→后悔,悔悟
"Remission of sins is promised to those who repent."
悔罪者可得到赦免.
近义:lament, regret, remorse, rue, reptant, slithering