Far too many people鈥攅specially people with great expertise in one area鈥攁re contemptuous of knowledge in other areas or believe that being bright is a substitute for knowledge.
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n. 人,人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于,布满;使住满人,在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 专门知识或技能;专家的意见;专家评价,鉴定;
💡 expert专家+ise名词后缀 → 专门知识
"Expertise in this field is very thinly spread across the country."
该领域的专门技术在该国没有怎么得到推广.
近义:savvy, skill, experience, knack, knowhow, art
反义:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
adj. 蔑视的,鄙视的;
💡 contempt藐视+uous....的 →瞧不起人的
"She gave him a contemptuous look."
她鄙夷地看了他一眼。
近义:recalcitrant, unruly, contumacious, defiant, scornful, slighting
反义:obliging, attentive, pampering, passive, submissive, subservient
n. 了解,理解;知识(表示多方面的知识时有复数knowledges这一用法);学科;见闻;
💡 know知道+ledge框架 → 知识
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英语已经学得很好。
近义:idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
反义:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
vt.& vi. 代替,替换,代用;
n. 代替者;替补(运动员);替代物;[语法学]代用词;
vi. 用…替代;
💡 sub在下面,副手,次一等+stitute放置→在下面放着→替代人员;代替
"Second again, we shouldn't substitute our personal feeling for policies."
其次, 我们不应该拿个人感情代替政策.
近义:preempt, replace, subrogate, supersede, supplant, surrogate
反义:protect, save, shelter, defend, guard
adv. 特别地;专门地;特意地;格外地;
"Most of these tools have been specially adapted for use by disabled people."
这些工具多数已经过特别改装,供残疾人使用。
近义:mainly, signally, specifically, concretely, distinctly, expressly