It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
— Samuel Johnson  ·  No category

📚 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

reflection [rɪ'flɛkʃən] 词频2 词根: flect
n. 反映;（关于某课题的）思考;（声、光、热等的）反射;映像;
💡 re反+flect弯曲+ion名词后缀 → 反射；思考
"He admired his reflection in the mirror."
他欣赏着自己在镜中的影像。
近义：meditation, pondering, reflexion, rumination, study, thought 反义：mindlessness, rashness, recklessness, silliness, foolishness
consider [kən'sɪdɚ] 词频1 词根: 星辰
vt.& vi. 考虑;把（某人，某事）看作…，认为（某人，某事）如何;考虑，细想; vt. 考虑;认为;看重;以为; vi. 仔细考虑;深思;
💡 con共同+sid坐+er表名词→坐在一起思考→考虑
"They consider him to be nothing but an imposter."
他们认为他不过是个骗子而已.
近义：hold, assume, mull, opine, perpend, ponder 反义：ignore, neglect, overleap, overlook, overrule, pass
done [dʌn] 词频1
adj. 已完成的;煮熟的;合乎礼仪的;合乎规矩的; int. （表示接受建议）; v. 做( do的过去分词);干;
"When you're done, perhaps I can say something."
等你说完，也许我可以说点什么。
近义：made, terminated, accomplished, complete, completed, concluded
mortifying
a. 令人悔恨的, 遗憾的, 痛心的
近义：wounding 反义：innocuous, offenceless, safe, unoffending, benign, harmless
compared
a. 比较的, 对照的（compare的过去式和过去分词）

📜 Samuel Johnson 的更多名言

"The Irish are a fair people - they never speak well of one another"
"I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world."
"Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others."
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
"He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and so recur habitually to the mind."
"Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult."
查看 Samuel Johnson 全部名言 ›

🏷 更多「No category」名言

"In the depths of my heart I can't help being convniced that my dear fellow men, with few exceptions, are worthless."
— Sigmund Freud
"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."
— Confucius
"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."
— Plato
"Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs?"
— Spike Milligan
"Without theory, practice is but routine born of habit. Theory alone can bring forth and develop the spirit of inventions."
— Louis Pasteur
"Always run from a knife and rush a gun."
— Jimmy Hoffa
更多「No category」名言 ›