It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.
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vt.& vi. 记得;牢记;
vt. 记着;纪念;回想起;送钱[礼物]给…;
💡 re再+member记忆→再记得→回忆;记住
"She had a blackout and couldn't remember anything about the accident."
她眼前一黑,那场事故就怎么也想不起来了。
近义:awake, recall, recollect, retrospect, revive, celebrate
反义:neglect, overlook, shelve, unlearn, bury, disappear
n. 批评家;评论员;批评者;挑剔的人;
💡 crit批评+ic人 →批评家
"The critic's review of the play was just a paragraph of bile."
那位批评家对这部戏剧的评论不过是在发泄怒气。
近义:judge, reviewer, commentator, hypercritic, aristarch, momus
反义:slimy, sycophant, truckler, bootlicker, brownnose, brownnoser
adj. 第二的,中等的;助手,副手;中等教育的;间接的;
n. 副手,代理人;[天]双星中较小较暗的一个,卫星;[语]次重音;
💡 second第二+ary...的→第二的
"That is just a secondary consideration ."
那只不过是次要的因素。
近义:associate, attache, parallel, auxiliary, accessorial, accessory
反义:medullary, pivotal, primal, primary, primordial, basal
n. 重要性;重要地位,显著;骄傲,自大;
💡 im进+port拿,运+ance名词后缀→带有意义的状态→重要性
"an awareness of the importance of eating a healthy diet"
认识到健康饮食的重要性
近义:influence, ascendancy, predominance, prevalence, prominence, pull
反义:nonissue, pinhead, smallness, trifle, insignificancy
n. 进步;前进;[生物学]进化;(向更高方向)增长;
v. (使)进步,(使)进行;发展;促进;
vi. 发展;(向更高方向)增进;
💡 pro向前,在前+gress走→向前走
"She watched the cow's ponderous progress."
她看着牛迟缓地向前走着。
近义:improve, unfold, advance, develop, evolve, gestate
反义:pullback, pullout, recoil, retirement, walkout, withdrawal
vt.& vi. 使工作;使运作;操作;使产生效果;
n. 工作,操作;著作;工厂;行为,事业;
vt. 使工作;操作;经营;使缓慢前进;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近义:labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反义:idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam