A prudent question is one half of wisdom.
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adj. 小心的,慎重的;精明的,节俭的;顾虑周到的,稳健的;世故的,精明的;
💡 prud=prude极端或过分拘谨的人+ent形容词后缀 → 谨慎的
"A prudent man saves part of his wages."
深谋远虑的人会将一部分工资存起来.
近义:heedful, judicious, leery, levelheaded, moderate, precautious
反义:haywire, heedless, imprudent, inadvertent, incautious, inflexible
n. 问题;疑问;怀疑;议题;
vt. 问(某人)问题;对(某事物)表示[感到]怀疑;
💡 quest寻求,询问+ion名词后缀 → 疑问
"I can't easily give an answer to your question."
你的问题我难以回答。
近义:impugn, interdict, query, challenge, confute, doubt
反义:back, backstop, reinforce, second, support, advocate
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
adj. 一半的,半个的;
n. 半;一半;(啤酒等饮料的)半品脱;(比赛、音乐会等的)半场;
adv. 一半;部份地;
"He has sunk half his fortune into a new business undertaking."
他已把一半财产投资于一个新企业.
近义:mid, midway, partially, semi
反义:absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively