We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.

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connect [kə'nɛkt] 词频1 词根: con
vt. 连接,联结;使…有联系;为…接通电话;插入插座; vi. 连接;建立关系;[体]成功击中;
💡 con共同+nect连结 → 连结
"Connect the hose to the tap and turn on the tap."
把水管接在龙头上,打开水龙头.
近义:interlink, join, link, attach, splice, tie 反义:sever, uncouple, unplug, break, decouple, detach
sympathetic [,sɪmpə'θɛtɪk] 词频2 词根: pass
adj. 同情的,有同情心的;赞同的;相投合的,称心的;〈口〉抱好感的;
💡 sym共同+path感情+etic形容词后缀→同情的
"I did not feel at all sympathetic towards Kate."
我对凯特一点也不同情。
近义:merciful, pitying, sensitive, softhearted, supportive, tender
live [lɪv] 词频1
vi. 生存;居住;生活,过活;在生活中得到享受; vt. 经历;度过;
"We cannot live without water."
没有水我们不能生存。
近义:last, reside, be, sojourn, subsist, dwell 反义:perish, vanish, part, croak, decease, depart
ourselves [ɑr'sɛlvz] 词频1
pron. “myself”的复数;我们自己;(把)我们自己;
"We enjoyed ourselves immensely."
我们快活极了。
近义:us, we
fellow ['fɛlo] 词频1
n. 同伴;男子;(大学的)研究员;(某些学院或大学的)董事; adj. 同伴的;同事的;同类的;同情况的; vt. 使…与另一个对等;使…与另一个匹敌;
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"He towers above his fellow students in mathematical ability."
他的数学才能胜过他的同学.
近义:individual, partner, person, single, subject, dude
among [ə'mʌŋ] 词频1
prep. (表示牵涉)经过;(表示位置)处在…中;(表示范围)在…之内;(表示所属)为…所特有;
"a house among the trees"
树林中的一座房子
近义:twixt, between, betwixt, amid, amidst, amongst

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