What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos.
📚 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
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
adv. 仅仅，只不过;只是;纯粹;全然;
💡 mere仅仅 + ly...的 → ad.仅仅，只不过
"Do you really want to go or are you merely being amiable?"
你是真的想去呢,还是仅仅为了表示友好?
近义：just, only, purely, simply, solely, but
n. 形状，形式;外形;方式;表格;
vt. 形成;构成;组织;塑造;
vi. 形成，产生;排队，整队;
💡 form =shape,表示”形状”
"The noun " mouse " is the singular form of " mice " ."
名词mouse是 mice 的单数形式.
近义：past, background, record, dossier, antecedents, institute
反义：hypertrophy, misshape, twist, uglify, warp, contort
n. 混乱，紊乱;（天地未出现的）浑沌世界;〈古〉无底深渊;一团糟;
💡 chaos, chaotic 【希腊语传入拉丁语】 表混沌
"Heavy snow has caused total chaos on the roads."
大雪导致道路上交通一片混乱。
近义：havoc, hell, huddle, jumble, mayhem, mess
n. 命令;秩序;规则，制度;次序;
vt. 命令;订购;整理;
vi. 下订单;
"Arrive two days early in order to acclimatize."
提前两天到达以便适应新环境。
近义：ask, pray, tell, bid, dictate, request
反义：heed, hold, honor, keep, observe, respect
adj. 占优势的;主要的;普遍的;盛行的;
v. 获胜( prevail的现在分词 );盛行;说服;（ 思想、观点等）被接受;
"We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons."
地方监狱的普遍状况让我们震惊。
近义：mainstream, outlasting, predominant, predominating, prevalent, reigning