Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.
📚 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. 良心;道德心;
💡 con全部+sci知道+ence名词后缀→全部知道→有良知→良心
"Guilt had been eating into his conscience for some months."
几个月来内疚一直折磨着他的良心.
近义：percept, perceptibility, perception, awareness, seeing, sense
n. 物质，材料;实质，内容;[神]灵;（织品的）质地;
💡 sub下面+st站立+ance表名词→站在下面的东西→物质；本质
"to be arrested for possession of a controlled substance"
因藏有毒品而被捕
近义：matter, materiality, tangibility, corporeality, inwardness, quiddity
n. 有罪，犯罪行为，罪恶;[法律] 轻罪，过失;内疚，知罪;自责;
💡 请注意“内疚”一意（a feeling of guilt）
"He had a chance to confess and expiate his guilt."
他有认错和赎罪的机会。
近义：blame, culpability, guiltiness, criminality
反义：innocence, guiltlessness
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
n. 铁锈;锈病，锈菌;荒废，停滞;锈，锈色;
vt.& vi. （使）生锈;[植]害锈病;变钝，荒废;
💡 rus(螺丝)+t(它):螺丝它已 生锈 只有(just)灰尘(dust)必定(must)生锈(rust)
"pipes covered with rust"
生了锈的管子
近义：oxidize, mildew, mold, mould, oxide, rustiness
反义：pickle, deoxygenate
n. 铁器，铁制品;熨斗，烙铁;坚强;脚镣;
adj. 铁制的，含铁的;坚强的，顽强的;残酷的;坚忍不拔的;
vt. 熨烫;给…上脚镣手铐;给…装铁具;用铁铸成;
vi. 熨衣;（衣服等）被烫平;
💡 矮人”（谐音）(ir)站在(on) 铁上
"a corrugated iron roof"
波纹铁屋顶
近义：press, shoe, fe, persevering, persistent, tenacious
反义：ruck, rumple, wimple, crease, muss, cockle