We seldom attribute common sense except to those who agree with us.
📚 名句词汇解析
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vt. 认为…是;把…归于;把…品质归于某人;认为某事[物]属于某人[物];
💡 tribu-, trib- 表”任命,分配,给予”
"Archaeologists attribute the ruin to a flourishing prehistoric kingdom."
考古学家认为这些废墟属于一个繁荣的史前王国.
近义:impute, ascribe, assign, attach, blame, credit
反义:absolve, pardon, purge, release, resolve, acquit
n. 感觉,官能;意识,观念;理性;识别力;
vt. 感到;理解,领会;检测出;
💡 sens(feel)+e(名词后缀)→感官;知觉;意义;判断力;感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
vt. 把…除外;不计;
prep. 除…外;
conj. [口语]要不是;除非;除…以外;
vi. 反对,表示异议(与 to 或 against连用);
💡 ex出+cept拿,抓,握住→拿出 → 除外
"I received nothing except what was due to me."
除了我应得的东西,我并未接受任何东西.
近义:omit, preclude, void, blackball, exclude, barring
反义:realize, accommodate, consider
vt.& vi. 同意,赞同;
vi. [语]一致,符合;商定,约定;意见相合;(气候、食物等)适宜;
vt. 同意,承认;使和谐一致;认为正确无误;
💡 grat, gree, grac =pleasing,表示”感激,高兴”#词根助记:a向着+gree=使……高兴=同意……
"When he said that, I had to agree."
他说了那话,我只好同意。
近义:match, harmonize, side, accord, acquiesce, chord
反义:vary, differ, disagree, discord, dissent, quarrel
adv. 很少,罕见;难得;不大;
"He had seldom seen a child with so much talent."
有如此天赋的孩子他以往没见过几个。
近义:infrequently, rarely
反义:manyfold, oft, often, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually
adj. 普通的;通俗的;[数学]公共的;共有的;
n. [法律](对土地、水域的)共有权;公共用地;普通;平民;
💡 共同(com)在月光(mon-moon)下, 共有的
"We have lots of things in common besides music."
除了音乐,我们还有很多共通点。
近义:popular, mundane, ordinary, average, plain, commonplace
反义:irreplaceable, matchless, outstanding, peculiar, single, sole