Gregariousness is always the refuge of mediocrities, whether they swear by Soloviev or Kant or Marx. Only individuals seek the truth, and they shun those whose sole concern is not the truth.
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n. 避难;避难所;庇护者;[医]救急疗法;
vt. 给予…庇护;接纳…避难;
vi. 躲避;避难;
💡 re回+fuge逃→逃到安全地方 → 避难
"A further 300 people have taken refuge in the US embassy."
又有300人在美国大使馆避难。
近义:haven, asylum, protection, roof, safeguard, sanctuary
反义:helplessness, inattention, lassitude, loneliness, orphanhood, proscription
n. 真理;真相,事实;忠实,忠诚;现实,现实性;
💡 tru相信,真实+th抽象名词 →事实,真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反义:hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
adj. 单独的;惟一的;专有的,独占的;
n. 鞋底;有…底的 -soled;脚底;鳎(可食用比目鱼);
vt. 给(鞋)换底;
💡 sol单独+e→单独的,唯一的
"Her sole aim is personal aggrandizement."
她唯一的目的就是扩大个人权势。
近义:resole, flounder, one, only, single, unique
vt. 涉及,关系到;使关心,使担忧;参与;
n. 关心;关系,有关;顾虑;公司或企业;
💡 con共同+cern区别→关系到
"Don't interfere in what doesn't concern you."
不要管与自己无关的事。
近义:behoove, behove, preoccupy, worry, anxiety, anxiousness
pron. 其中的哪一个;
n. 可能的选择;
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"I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not."
我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。
近义:if
v. 发誓;咒骂;
n. 发誓,宣誓;咒骂;
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"I don't know anything about what happened, I swear."
我发誓, 我对所发生的事一无所知.
近义:vow, perjure, blaspheme, curse, damn, attest
反义:recant, belie, abjure, impugn, oppugn, rebut