To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast into the very lap of fortune; for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previously unsusceptible.

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fortune ['fɔrtʃən] 词频1
n. (某人的)命运;富有;幸运;[常作复数](人生事件中的)时运; vt. 给予财富; vi. 偶然发生;
💡 fortun=luck运+e表名词 → 运气,命运
"He amassed a fortune from silver mining."
他靠开采银矿积累了一笔财富。
近义:hazard, luck, accident, cess, chance, dace 反义:jinx, misadventure, mischance, miserableness, misery, mishap
undergo [,ʌndɚ'ɡo] 词频2 词根: under
vt. 经历,经验;遭受,承受;
💡 under下+go进行→经历,忍受,经验
"to undergo minor surgery"
做小手术
近义:suffer, bear, endure, experience
development [dɪ'vɛləpmənt] 词频1 词根: velop
n. 发展,进化;被发展的状态;新生事物,新产品;开发区;
💡 develop发展+ment表名词 →发展发达,发展
"The development was bitterly opposed by the local community."
这一开发项目遭到了当地社区的愤怒抵制。
近义:progress, unfoldment, upgrowth, evolution, evolvement, growth 反义:backwardness, underdevelopment, atrophy, degeneracy, degeneration
display [dɪ'sple] 词频1 词根: dis
n. 展览,陈列;陈列品,展览品;显示器;炫耀; vt. 显示;陈列;展开,伸展;夸示,炫耀; vi. (计算机屏幕上)显示;
💡 pli, ply, plex = fold ,表示”重叠,折叠”#词根助记:dis分开+ploy=将重叠的东西展开=展示
"The exhibition gives local artists an opportunity to display their work."
这次展览为当地艺术家提供了展示自己作品的机会。
近义:show, showing, exhibit, exhibition, exposition, present 反义:mask, obscure, occult, screen, secrete, shade
energy ['ɛnɚdʒi] 词频2 词根: erg
n. [物]能量;活力;精力;精神;
💡 en进入+erg能量,活动+y表名词→进入能量→能量;活力
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府对核能的态度来了个180度的大转变。
近义:health, heart, impetuosity, impetus, impulsiveness, ardour 反义:puniness, weakening, weariness, exinanition, debility, destructibility
upon [ə'pɑn] 词频1
prep. 在…上面;当…时候;
"It was a title bestowed upon him by the king."
那是国王赐给他的头衔。
近义:above, atop, on, onto, over, o'er

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