Words -- so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
📚 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
adj. 无辜的，无罪的;清白的;天真无邪的;无知的;
n. 无辜者;头脑简单的人;天真无邪的人;
💡 in无+noc伤害，毒+ent形容词后缀→无害的
"I'm not quite so innocent as to believe that."
我还不至于简单到相信那种事的地步.
近义：kid, bairn, tot, tyke, nipper, boy
反义：fox, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malign, malignant
n. 词典，字典;[自]代码字典;
💡 dict说话，断言+ion行为+ary表名词 →措词的书→字典
"We are working all round the clock to finish this dictionary!"
我们在为完成这本词典而昼夜不停地工作着!
近义：wordbook, lexicon, glossary
adj. 邪恶的，罪恶的;有害的;不幸的，不吉的;品行坏的;
n. 邪恶，罪恶;坏事，恶行;邪恶的力量、势力或化身;灾祸;
💡 e 加强或引申意义、使…+vil =base （卑劣的） → n.邪恶；祸害 a.坏的
"the evil effects of racism"
种族主义的恶劣影响
近义：ill, infirmity, malady, complaint, affection, disease
反义：goodness, humane, kind, kindhearted, kindly, loyal
v. 使结合;使化合;兼有;用联合收割机收割;
💡 com共同+bine捆→捆在一起→结合
"Hydrogen and oxygen combine to form water."
氢与氧化合成水。
近义：immix, assort, meld, mix, blend, commingle
反义：disjoin, isolate, segregate, sever, split, detach
vi. 变为，成为;变得;变成;
vt. 适合，适宜;相称，相当;变成;发生;
💡 be(upon)+come→变为；成为(=to come upon）
"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：turn, wax, get, go, grow, suit
反义：remain, keep, stay, get
a. 无力的, 无权的, 无效能的
近义：helpless, impotent, weak, crippled, disabled, feeble
反义：lordly, masterful, mighty, authoritative, potent, puissant