The quality of mercy is not strain'd, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
📚 名句词汇解析
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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. 宽容;怜悯;幸运;侥幸;
💡 merc(trade)+y(名词后缀)→慈悲
"Almighty God, have mercy on us."
全能的上主，请垂怜我们。
近义：indulgence, lenience, leniency, pity, ruth, sorriness
反义：heartlessness, inhumanity, ruthlessness, soullessness, truculence, truculency
vt.& vi. 拉紧，拉伤;用力拉;
n. 血统，家族;性格，脾气;语气;一段音乐;
vt. 拉紧，拽紧或扯紧;尽量使力;扭伤;歪曲;
vi. 不懈;受到强大的压力;拉紧，紧绷;
💡 strain拉，压 → 尽力拉；工作过度
"Strain the fat off before you serve the soup."
在上汤前把里面的油滤掉.
近义：hurry, labor, overwork, spurt, strive, struggle
反义：loosen, relieve, slack, slacken, soften, unburden
adj. 温和的;文雅的;高尚的;
vt. 使温和;使驯服;
n. 蛆;饵;
💡 gen “出生,种族”#词根助记：gen+tle→出身好的→高雅的
"a quiet and gentle man"
温文尔雅的男士
近义：master, tame, break, domesticate, mellow, mild
反义：impolitic, inconsiderate, loutish, randy, rank, raw
prep. 在…的下方;（表示等级）低于;（表示状态）在…掩饰之下;（表示环境）在…影响之下;
adv. 在下面;在底下;
💡 be构成一些介词+neath下面→在下面
"They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves."
他们发现尸体被埋在一堆树叶下面。
近义：under, underneath, below
反义：hereinbefore, overhead, thereinbefore, up, upstairs, upwards
adv. 两次;两倍;两遍;
💡 twi二，两+ce副词后缀，…次 →二次
"The ball bounced twice before he could reach it."
球弹了两次他才接到。
近义：doubly, double