The only use of a knowledge of the past is to equip us for the present. The present contains all that there is. It is holy ground; for it is the past, and it is the future.
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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
adj. 现在的;目前的;出席的;[语法学]现在时的;
n. 现在;礼物;瞄准;
💡 pres前+ent名词后缀 → 礼物，赠送物
"a belated birthday present"
迟来的生日礼物
近义：offer, award, proffer, promise, accord, bestow
反义：implement, materialize, obtain, attain, perform, prosecute
adj. 将来的，未来的;[语法学]将来时的;
n. 前途;[美国俚语]未婚妻;期货;
💡 futur- 【拉丁传入法语】表示将来的某种状态
"We all work hard in the interests of our future."
我们都为我们自己的将来而努力工作.
近义：next, oncoming, unborn, coming, forthcoming
反义：prior
adj. 过去的，以前的;结束的;前任的;
n. 过去，过往;往事;[语]过去时;
prep. 超过，超出;远于;越过;
adv. 经过，超过;
💡 past（过去的）已经pass（过去）
"She strode past him without a backward glance ."
她大步从他身边走过，都没有回头瞧他一眼。
近义：preterit, preterite, history, background, record, form
反义：modern, newfangled, present, topical, contemporary, current
vt. 装备，配备;使具备，使有准备;
"Your education will equip you to earn a good living."
你所受的教育会使你过上富裕的生活.
近义：apparel, arm, kit, outfit, prepare, rig
adj. 神圣的;值得尊敬的，值得推崇的;圣洁的，圣徒般的;宗教的;
💡 厚礼（谐音）: 神圣的厚礼 洞里(hole)的丫头(y)是 神圣的（洞很深、很神秘） holiday=holi-holy 神圣的+day(天)
"A holy person is required to read the Holy Bible."
圣徒必读《圣经》.
近义：sacral, sacred, sainted, saintly, blessed, blest
反义：unconsecrated