A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous.
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n. 感觉,官能;意识,观念;理性;识别力;
vt. 感到;理解,领会;检测出;
💡 sens(feel)+e(名词后缀)→感官;知觉;意义;判断力;感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
n. 真理;真相,事实;忠实,忠诚;现实,现实性;
💡 tru相信,真实+th抽象名词 →事实,真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反义:hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
adj. 危险的;
💡 danger危险+ous.....的 →危险的
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里,他是她唯一的守护神。
近义:hazardous, jeopardous, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe
反义:innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless, secure, sure
conj. 除非,如果不;
prep. 除了,…除外;
"The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge."
如果没有更多的作家和艺术家出现,这个国家的文化生活将衰退。
近义:save, except