The will is not free-it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect-but there is something behind the will which is free.
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n. 现象,事件;奇迹;非凡的人;
💡 phen显示+omen预兆+on表示抽象名词 → 显示预兆 → 现象
"This theory makes sense of an otherwise inexplicable phenomenon."
这种理论能说明这一其他理论无法解释的现象.
近义:event, happening
vi. 跳,弹跳;限制;接壤;
vt. 给…划界,限制;使弹回,使跳跃;束缚;
n. 界限,限制;跃起;(球等的)反跳;
adj. 用带子绑住的;有义务的;装订的,有封面的;[化,物]结合的;
💡 bound(to bind)→装订好的;必定;决心的;被束缚的
"She was bound to a chair."
她被捆在一把椅子上。
近义:hop, jump, leap, spring, vault, limit
反义:unconfined, unhampered, unhindered
n. 影响;效果;印象;所有物;
vt. 使发生;引起;产生(效果);
💡 ef出+fect做,制作→做出来→实施;生效;效果
"the cumulative effect of human activity on the world environment"
人类活动对世界生态环境日积月累的影响
近义:implement, make, materialize, occasion, officiate, operate
反义:motive, occasioner, origin, point, reason, root
prep. (表示位置)在…的后面;支持;(表示顺序)在身后;(表示比较)落后于;
adv. 在后面;向后;在后面较远处;(落)在后面;
n. 〈口〉屁股;
💡 be构成一些介词+hind藏在后面→在…后面
"The crowd had to stand behind barriers."
人群只好站在障碍物后面。
近义:back, posterior, rear, rearward, lagging, late
反义:quick, rapid, accelerated
adj. 自由的;免费的;免税的;空闲的;
adv. 免费地;自由地,无拘束地;一帆风顺地;
vt. 免除;释放;使自由;解救;
"I have given him a free hand in the matter."
我让他在这件事情上放手干.
近义:liberate, loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise
反义:immure, apprehend, incarcerate, jail, arrest, mew
n. 原因;动机;理由;事业;
vt. 成为…的原因;导致;引起;使遭受;
💡 不是(be)因为(because) 引起的
"The martyr laid down his life for the cause of national independence."
这位烈士是为了民族独立的事业而献身的.
近义:induce, inspire, instigate, instill, make, occasion
反义:hinder, obstruct, oppose, avert, preclude, prevent