The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination.
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n. 量,数量;定量,大批;数目;[语音学、韵律学]音量(指元音或音节的长短);
💡 quant 多少,数量+ ity 表名词 → n.量,数量,分量
"She was burdened with a large quantity of parcels."
她吃力地捧着一大堆包裹.
近义:magnitude, number, reckoning, value, sum, volume
n. 文明,文化;开化,教化;修养;文明社会;
💡 civil市民;礼貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明,文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
近义:humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
n. 质量,品质;美质,优点;才能,能力,技能,素养;品种;
adj. 优质的,高质量的;上流社会的;
💡 qual资格+ity表名词 → n.质量;品质,特性
"The burden of his complaint was that quality was very poor."
他投诉的要点是品质非常差.
近义:manner, mode, nature, way, character, kind
反义:poorness, shoddiness, sleaziness, trashiness
n. 想像,想像力;空想,妄想;想像出来的事物;
💡 imagin=imagine想象+ation表名词 →想象
"a product of her febrile imagination"
她狂想的产物
近义:imagining, visualization, gumption, creativeness, creativity, daydream
反义:sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
measured
[['meʒəd]]
a. 整齐的, 慎重的, 基于标准的
近义:moderate, abstemious, abstentious, abstinent, poised, reserved
反义:immoderate, inordinate, intemperate, lavish, outermost, profuse