There is a way in which the collective knowledge of mankind expresses itself, for the finite individual, through mere daily living... a way in which life itself is sheer knowing.
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adj. 集体的;共同的;集合的;集体主义的;
n. [统]集体;[语]集合名词;集团;
💡 col一起+lect选择，收集+ive...的→集中到一起→集体的
"They all seem to take an inflated view of their collective identity."
他们对自己的集体身份似乎都持有一种夸大的看法.
近义：joint, congregate
反义：single, unipersonal
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
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
adj. 个人的;独特的;个别的;
n. 个人;个体;
💡 in加强+di分开+vid分开+ual...的→与别人分开的→个人的，个体的
"Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job."
一旦就业，即停发福利救济。
近义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
反义：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
adj. 每日的，日常的;一日的;每日一次的;每个工作日的;
n. 日报;（不寄宿的）仆人，白天做家务的女佣;
adv. 每日;逐日;每周日;日复一日地;
💡 dai=day一天+ly表副词，每...地 →每日地
"events affecting the daily lives of millions of people"
影响数百万人日常生活的事件
近义：help, housemaid, maid, maidservant, skivvy, slavey
反义：inadvertent, incidental, isolated, random, sometime, sporadic
adj. 活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活，生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling