The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 本质，实质;精华，精髓;香精;
💡 ess, est, sen 表示”存在”
"We must try to get to the essence of things."
我们必须想法抓住事物的本质.
近义：inwardness, quiddity, substance, gist, extract
n. 了解，理解;知识（表示多方面的知识时有复数knowledges这一用法）;学科;见闻;
💡 know知道+ledge框架 → 知识
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英语已经学得很好。
近义：idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
反义：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
vt. 应用，运用;申请;涂;敷（药）;
vi. 申请，请求，适用;适用，适合;专心致志;
💡 ap做，完成+ply重叠，折叠→反复做→申请[做事] → 申请，应用
"Use the applicator to apply cream to the affected area."
用涂药器把药膏抹在感染部位。
近义：put, implement, introduce, adhibit, hold, appertain
反义：invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, quash, repeal
v. 供认;坦白;承认;悔过;
💡 con全部+fess说→全部说出→承认，坦白
"I confess it with shame -- shrunk icily into myself, like a snail."
我羞愧地忏悔了 —— 冷冰冰地退缩, 像个蜗牛.
近义：own, accept, acknowledge, avow, concede, honor
反义：impugn, naysay, negate, object, oppose, rebut
n. 无知，愚昧;蒙;
💡 i不+gnor知道+ance名词后缀 →无知，愚昧
"They were at last freed from the fetters of ignorance."
他们终于从愚昧无知的束缚中解脱出来。
近义：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
反义：idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience