No one that ever lived has ever had enough power, prestige, or knowledge to overcome the basic condition of all life - you win some and you lose some.
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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
vt.& vi. 战胜,克服;压倒,制服,…不堪;
vt. 被(烟、感情等)熏[压]倒,使受不了;
vi. 受到…的极大影响;
💡 over在上,在外+come来→来到上面→战胜,克服
"They would overcome them with their wit."
他们将用智慧战胜这些困难。
近义:master, overpower, overwhelm, pip, subdue, subjugate
adj. 基本的;[化学]碱性的;[地质学]基性的;首要的;
n. 基础,基本;基本原则,基本原理,基本规律;要素;基础训练;
💡 bas=basis基础+ic形容词,...的 →基本的
"The company offers scuba-diving as an add-on to the basic holiday price."
这家公司提供带水肺潜水活动,不包括在基本度假费用以内。
近义:medullary, pivotal, primal, primary, primordial, basal
反义:associate, attache, parallel, auxiliary, accessorial, accessory
n. 状态;环境;健康状况;条款;
vt. 制约;限制;使习惯于;使适应;
vt.& vi. 对…具有重要影响;影响(某事发生的方式);保持(头发或皮肤等的)健康;养护;
💡 con共同+dit给予+ion抽象名词→共同给出的东西 → 条件
"The car was in A1 condition."
汽车状况好极了。
近义:fitness, shape, capacitate, prepare, fit, fix
反义:impair, jumble, mess, muss, overset, overturn
adv. 足够地,充足地;十分地;
adj. 充足的;足够的;
n. 充分,足够;满足;
int. 够了;
"How were they going to raise enough money for it?"
他们怎样来为此筹集足够的资金 呢 ?
近义:sufficient, sufficing, rather, sufficiently, considerably, amply
反义:inadequate, lacking, scanty, scarce, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying
n. [机]动力,功率;力量;政权,权力;强国,大国;
vt. 运转;用发动机发动;使…有力量;
vi. 靠动力行进;快速行进;
adj. 权力的;机械能的,电动的;用电力(或动力)发动的;
"The engine is being specially adapted to increase its power."
正在对这台引擎进行改装以增加它的功率.
近义:move, operate, activate, actuate, energise, energize
反义:incapacity, powerlessness, weariness, impotency, impotentness, impossibility