Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization.
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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
n. 人行道;硬路面;铺过的路面;[动]铺石状构造[密生的齿列等];
💡 pave铺路+ment表名词 →人行道
"Two cars skidded on the icy pavement."
两辆汽车在结冰的路面上打滑。
近义:paving, sidewalk, footpath, walk, footway, floor
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
adj. (人)弄错的,理解错误的;(行动、想法、判断等)错误的;被误解的;
v. 弄错,误解(mistake的过去分词);认不出;误会;误解;
"You are completely mistaken about Jane."
你对简的看法完全错了。
近义:inaccurate, lost, absurd, unreasonable, unwise, wrong
反义:pinpoint, precise, right, true, accurate, crisp
prep. 在…下面,在表面之下;在…的假定表面或掩饰下;少于,小于;在…情况下;
adv. 在下面;少于;在水下;在昏迷中;
adj. 较低的,下面的;
"The admiral visited the ships under his command."
舰队司令视察了他所统率的军舰。
近义:underneath, below, beneath
反义:above, over, up, atop, onto, upon
v. 呼唤,喊叫;召唤,叫来,召集;下令,命令;打电话给;
n. 喊叫,大声喊;电话联络;必要,理由;要求;
💡 c(形像电话筒)a11音“拷”,电话筒和手铐都有一个圆
"Don't give me any aggro or I'll call the police."
不要对我使用暴力,不然我就叫警察。
近义:phone, telephone, muster, page, summon, convene
反义:scare, shoo, ward, forfend, forefend, disband