More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.
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n. 历史，历史学;发展史;履历，经历;（某地的）沿革;
💡 histor过去发生的事 + y 表名词→ 历史；个人经历
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言，他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义：archives, papers, past, background, record, records
n. 人类;男性，男子;
💡 man人+kind 种类→ n.人类
"the history of mankind"
人类的历史
近义：humanity, humankind, humans, man, civilization
n. 绝望;使人绝望的人（或事物）;
vi. 绝望;
💡 de去掉+spair=sper希望 → 绝望
"She uttered a cry of despair."
她发出了绝望的叫声。
近义：despond, hopelessness, desperateness, desperation, despondence, despondency
反义：illusion, aspiration, reliance, trust, trustfulness, fantasy
adj. 总计的（金额等）;全部的;完全的;绝对的;
n. 总计，总数;全体数量;
vt.& vi. 总计达，计算…的总数;
💡 total-, tot- 表”所有的”
"total abstinence from strong drink"
戒绝烈性酒
近义：summate, tot, totalize, tote, level, overthrow
反义：quota, share, slice, snippy, patchy, fragmental
n. 熄灭;消灭，灭绝;废除;[物]消光，自屏，衰减;
💡 extinct灭绝的+ion表名词 → 灭绝
"The island's way of life is doomed to extinction."
这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失.
近义：passing, quietus, death, decease, demise, disappearance
反义：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
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