Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one rascal less in the world.
— Thomas Carlyle  ·  No category

📚 名句词汇解析

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yourself [jɔr'sɛlf] 词频1
pron. 你自己;（用以加强语气）亲自;你的正常或健康的情况;
💡 your你的+self自己 → 你自己
"De-stress yourself with a relaxing bath."
舒舒服服洗个澡放松一下。
近义：herself, himself, itself, oneself, themselves, thyself
rascal ['ræskl] 词频3
n. 流氓;无赖;（开玩笑说法）淘气的人（尤指小孩）;恶作剧的人; adj. 无赖的，无耻的;卑鄙的;
💡 rasc=rash鲁莽，无理+ al表人 → 流氓, 无赖
"If he had done otherwise, I should have thought him a rascal."
如果他不这样做, 我就认为他是个恶棍.
近义：knave, miscreant, rapscallion, rogue, scalawag, scallawag
honest ['ɔnist] 词频1
adj. 诚实的;坦诚的;老实的;辛勤挣得的;
"I hate to disillusion you, but not everyone is as honest as you."
我实在不愿把实情告诉你，但并非人人都像你那样诚实。
近义：honorable, honourable, irreproachable, just, principled, pure 反义：licentious, astray, miscreant, nefarious, perverse, perverted
sure [ʃʊr] 词频1
adj. 确信的，确实的;有把握的;无疑的;一定的; adv. 当然;确实地;无疑地;
"Make sure the shelf is aligned with the top of the cupboard."
务必使搁架与橱柜顶端对齐。
近义：inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indefectible, indisputable, indubitable 反义：hesitant, hesitative, imprecise, improbable, inconclusive, indecisive
less [les] 词频1
adj. 较少的（little的比较级）;较小的;较次的，较劣的;较不重要的; adv. 较少地，较小地; prep. 减去;少掉;不足; n. 较少，较小;
"We aim to improve opportunities for the less advantaged in society."
我们的宗旨是为社会地位比较低下的人增加机会。
近义：least, lesser, minus
world [wɝld] 词频1
n. 世界;地球;领域;尘世;
💡 一句（l）话（word）讲出 世界的本质
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe

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"Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one"
"Enjoy things which are pleasant; that is not the evil: it is the reducing of our moral self to slavery by them that is."
"If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it."
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