Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
n. 存在，实在;生活，生活方式;实体，存在物;
💡 ex出+ist站立+ence名词后缀 →存在，生存
"belief in the existence of a benevolent god"
对于仁慈的神之存在的笃信
近义：presence, life, being
反义：inexistence, absence
vt. 节省;保存;储蓄;解救;
vi. 节省;挽救;救球;
prep.&conj. 除…之外;
n. 救援，救援;
💡 save救助 → 挽救
"It was going to take some deft political footwork to save the situation."
当时得采取一些巧妙的政治手段以挽回局势。
近义：liberate, rescue, salvage, emancipate, free, husband
反义：outlay, consume, deplete, disburse, dissipate, drain
vt. 想，设想;想像;料想，猜想;误认为;
vi. 想象;猜想，推测;
💡 imag=image图像+ine...的→有关图像的→想象
"Imagine my amazement when a 70 - year - old man beat me at tennis."
在网球赛中,我竟被一位70高龄的老人击败,请想像一下我当时的惊愕状态.
近义：ideate, picture, suppose, understand, visualise, visualize
n. 意思，意义;含义;意图;
adj. 有意思的;意味深长的;
vt. 意味(mean的现在分词);意思是;
💡 mean 意思+ ing 表示行为、状态、情况及其他 → n.意义，意思；意图
"contextual clues to the meaning"
上下文提供的理解其含义的线索
近义：import, purport, purposefulness, sense, significance, significancy
vt. 强加;征税;以…欺骗;
vi. 利用;欺骗;施加影响;
💡 im进+pose放→放进去→强加；征税
"It was right in Iraq to organise elections rather than impose a strongman."
在伊拉克组织大选而不是强加一个政治强人也是没错的。
近义：muscle, promulgate, compel, decree, dictate, direct
反义：invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, outlaw, proscribe
adj. 任意的;随机的;胡乱的;
n. 随意;偶然的行动;
💡 跑（ran）＋状况（dom）：体育考试时随机抽人跑步；引申为变化中随机抽取
"The teacher might suddenly address individual students at random."
老师可能随意突然地与个别学生谈话.
近义：incidental, lucky, occasional, sometime, unforeseen, casual