It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.
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n. 智慧,明智;常识,好的判断力;知识,学问;古训;
💡 wis=wise智慧的+dom状态或领域 →智慧
"The received wisdom is that they cannot win."
大家一致认为他们不会赢。
近义:prudence, sageness, sanity, sensibleness, carefulness, discretion
反义:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
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
adj. 使人吃惊的,惊人的;
v. 使…诧异(astonish的ing形式);
"Borrowing is set to soar to an astonishing £60 billion."
借款很可能猛增至惊人的600亿英镑.
近义:marvelous, astounding, miraculous, remarkable, staggering, startling
反义:inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average
adj. 小的;琐碎的;娇小的;幼小的;
adv. 不多,略微;少许,一点;短时间地;
n. (表示否定)微少;没有多少;短时间;
det. (数量上)微少的,少到几乎没有的;(a little)少量的,一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的装腔作势令她不快。
近义:minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
反义:large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital