Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.
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vt. 征服;克制;制服;
💡 sub在下面,次一等+due从属→从属在下面→征服
"Troops were called in to subdue the rebels."
军队被调来镇压反叛者。
近义:humble, humiliate, melt, mollify, overbear, overcome
反义:liberate, manumit, ransom, save, unchain, unfetter
n. 人,人类;
adj. 人的;有人性的;显示人类特有弱点的;人本性的;
💡 hum土,地+an名词后缀,属于...的,传说人是由土造出的 → 人类
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老师打了个比喻,把人的心脏比作水泵。
近义:mortal
n. 自然;天性;天理;类型;
💡 nat出生的+ure状态→出生状态→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
两党制的对抗性
近义:milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment
v. 攻克( conquer的过去式和过去分词 ); 征服; 破除; 克服
近义:beaten
反义:proud, unbeaten, unbowed, unconquered, unvanquished, successful