There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man--with human flesh.
— Frank Herbert  ·  No category

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probably ['prɑbəbli] 词频1 词根: prob
adv. 大概;或许;很可能;备不住;
💡 probab=probable可能的+ly表副词 →可能性
"Most of the story about his private life was probably apocryphal."
有关他私生活的事可能大部分都是虚构的.
近义：likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly 反义：assuredly, absolutely, positively, quite, surely, thoroughly
terrible ['tɛrəbl] 词频1 词根: terr
adj. 可怕的;危害极大的;<非正>很糟的;劣质的; adv. 口〉非常，很，极; n. 可怕的人;
💡 terr怕+ible...的 → 可怕的
"to make a terrible blunder"
犯大错
近义：heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific 反义：innocuous, offenceless, safe, unoffending, benign, harmless
instant ['ɪnstənt] 词频2 词根: in
n. 瞬间，顷刻;此刻;当月;速食食品，即溶饮料; adj. 立即的;迫切的;正在考虑的，目前的;即食的;
💡 in进入+st站立+ant...的→站进来的→紧急的
"A feed will usually provide instant gratification to a crying baby."
喂食通常可使正在哭闹的婴儿立即得到满足。
近义：moment, tick, time, flash, instantaneous 反义：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife
discover [dɪ'skʌvɚ] 词频1 词根: dis
vt. 发现;碰见;撞见;获得知识;
💡 dis相反+cover盖→把盖揭开→发现
"We have to discover his plans and act accordingly."
我们得找出他的计划，照着办。
近义：locate, descry, detect, encounter, find, inquire
human ['hjumən] 词频1 词根: hum
n. 人，人类; adj. 人的;有人性的;显示人类特有弱点的;人本性的;
💡 hum土,地+an名词后缀，属于...的，传说人是由土造出的 → 人类
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老师打了个比喻，把人的心脏比作水泵。
近义：mortal
enlightenment [in'laitnmənt]
n. 启迪，启发;教化，开导;启蒙运动;
"The socialists saw themselves as true heirs of the Enlightenment."
社会主义者认为自己是启蒙运动的真正继承者.
近义：illumination

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"The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand."
"A human being can stand any amout of pain."
"All governments eventually lean further and further towards aristocracy."
"Humans live best when each has a place to stand, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things and what he may achieve. Destroy the place and you destroy the person."
"Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us?"
"A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it."
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