When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
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vt.& vi. 记得;牢记;
vt. 记着;纪念;回想起;送钱[礼物]给…;
💡 re再+member记忆→再记得→回忆;记住
"She had a blackout and couldn't remember anything about the accident."
她眼前一黑,那场事故就怎么也想不起来了。
近义:awake, recall, recollect, retrospect, revive, celebrate
反义:neglect, overlook, shelve, unlearn, bury, disappear
adj. (生物学中)遗传的;世袭的;遗传性;
💡 her粘附+edit编辑+ary有...性质的 →从头到尾粘附的→逐个的,有共同点的→ 承袭的 ,遗传的
"She believes that hereditary peerages should be abolished."
她认为世袭贵族应当被废除.
近义:inherited, patrimonial, congenital, ancestral
n. 后代,后世;子孙;后裔;儿孙;
💡 poster后面+ity表名词→后面的人→后代,子孙
"Few of his works will go down to posterity."
他的作品没有几件会流传到后世.
n. 美德;德行;价值;长处;
💡 我求”(谐音) 美德
"He was considered to be a paragon of virtue."
他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范.
近义:virtuousness
反义:disadvantage
planning
[plæniŋ]
n. 计划;规划;
v. “plan”的现在分词;计划;设计;
"A special subcommittee adjudicates on planning applications."
有一个特别小组委员会裁决规划申请项目。
近义:arrangement, array, order, ordination, planification, prevision
反义:naturalness, sincerity, spontaneousness, unaffectedness