To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
📚 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
v. 处罚;严厉对付;贪婪地吃喝;
💡 pun处罚+ish动词后缀 → 惩罚
"I'm just watching for a chance to punish him in return!"
我正在伺机报复他呢!
近义:penalise, penalize, reprehend, scourge, smite, thrash
反义:award, please, recompense, reimburse, remunerate, repay
n. 轻视;轻蔑;(对规则、危险等的)藐视;不顾;
💡 con共同+tempt轻视→藐视
"She looked at him with contempt ."
她轻蔑地看着他。
近义:scorn, scornfulness, sneer, spurn, superciliousness, contemptuousness
n. 权威;权力;学术权威;[复数]当权者;
💡 author作者+ity名词后缀 → 权力,威信
"in a position of authority"
当权
近义:influence, arbitration, jurisdiction, ascendancy, mastery, might
反义:subjection, subservience, subserviency
n. 命运,宿命;灾难,死亡;命中注定的事(尤指坏事);
v. 注定;
💡 fa, fabl, fam, fan =speak,表示”说”#词根助记:fate=上帝的话
"They were unaware of the fate that was to befall them."
他们并不知道即将降临到他们头上的厄运。
近义:predestine, preordain, foreordain, karma, lot, misfortune
adj. …制的;(人工)做成的,拼成的;虚构的;保证成功的;
v. 使(make的过去式和过去分词);
"He made it absolutely clear."
他把此事讲得一清二楚。
近义:manufactured, produced, done, fabricated, artificial, manmade
pron. 我自己,亲自;
"I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity."
我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。
近义:me, i