I can't tell if a straw ever saved a drowning man, but I know that a mere glance is enough to make despair pause. For in truth we who are creatures of impulse are creatures of despair.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
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
n. 真理;真相，事实;忠实，忠诚;现实，现实性;
💡 tru相信，真实+th抽象名词 →事实，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反义：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
n. 凭冲动行事;突如其来的念头;[电子]脉冲;[医]冲动，搏动;
adj. 冲动的;
v. 推动;
💡 im向内，进入+pulse跳动→冲动
"He had a sudden impulse to stand up and sing."
他突然心血来潮，想站起来歌唱。
近义：impel, power, boost, drive, force, motor
vt. 告诉，说;辨别;吩咐;讲述;
vt.& vi. 分辨，辨别;告诉，吩咐;泄漏;保证;
vi. 泄密，告发;（颜色、声音等）显示;识别;
n. [考古学]（古代村落遗址堆积而成的）台形土墩;[方言]讲的话;谈话;传闻;
💡 他告诉（tell）我，他哥哥很高（tall）
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义：maintain, assert, asseverate, mention, assure, name
反义：hide, mask, occult, shield, shroud, veil
n. 稻草;麦秆;吸管;毫无价值的东西;
adj. 稻草的，麦秆的;稻草[麦秆]做的;假的，假想的;无价值的;
💡 睡觉（谐音）：农民睡午觉，头下枕 稻草
"a mattress filled with straw"
稻草填充的垫子
近义：thatching, shank, strawy, thatched, inconsequential, inconsiderable
v. 知道;了解;认识;确信;
n. 知情;
💡 知道know的人爱说自己不no知道
"Do you know your ABC?"
你认识所有的字母吗？
近义：learn, understand, get, cognize, comprehend, meet