Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
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adj. 简单的;单纯的;易受骗的;天真的;
n. 笨蛋;愚蠢的行为;出身低微者;
💡 sim(one by one)+ple(fold)→简单的；朴素的；单纯的
"her austere bedroom with its simple narrow bed"
她那仅有一张窄床的简陋卧室
近义：uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, easy, facile
反义：arduous, intricate, labored, laborious, onerous, painful
n. 了解，理解;知识（表示多方面的知识时有复数knowledges这一用法）;学科;见闻;
💡 know知道+ledge框架 → 知识
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英语已经学得很好。
近义：idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
反义：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
adj. 难以忍受的，不能忍受的，经受不住的;承受不住的;
💡 un不+bear忍受+able能...的 → 难以忍受的；承受不住的
"The heat was becoming unbearable."
炎热开始变得难以忍受。
近义：insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, obnoxious, unendurable, unmanageable
反义：livable, passable, acceptable, sufferable, supportable, sustainable
n. 受苦，遭难;苦楚，苦难;令人痛苦的事;
v. 受苦(suffer的现在分词);蒙受;
adj. 受苦的;患病的;
💡 suf在下面+fer带+ ing表名词 →suffer带到下面去受苦+ing表名词\r\n → 受难
"He was suffering from chronic bronchitis."
他患有慢性支气管炎。
近义：heartache, heartbreak, misery, oppression, oppressiveness, pain
反义：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
n. 人类;男性，男子;
💡 man人+kind 种类→ n.人类
"the history of mankind"
人类的历史
近义：humanity, humankind, humans, man, civilization
overwhelmingly
[ˌovə'hwelmiŋli]
adv. 压倒地，无法抵抗地;
"They voted overwhelmingly against the proposal."
他们以压倒多数票否决了该提案.
近义：oppressively, predominantly, preponderantly, sweepingly, crushingly
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"Do not wrong or hate your neighbor, for it is not he that you wrong: You wrong yourself."
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