A true history of human events would show that a far larger proportion of our acts as the results of sudden impulses and accident, than of the reason of which we so much boast.
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n. 历史，历史学;发展史;履历，经历;（某地的）沿革;
💡 histor过去发生的事 + y 表名词→ 历史；个人经历
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言，他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义：archives, papers, past, background, record, records
n. 人，人类;
adj. 人的;有人性的;显示人类特有弱点的;人本性的;
💡 hum土,地+an名词后缀，属于...的，传说人是由土造出的 → 人类
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老师打了个比喻，把人的心脏比作水泵。
近义：mortal
n. 比，比率;[数学]比例（法）;面积;相称，平衡;
vt. 使成比例;使相称;使均衡;
💡 pro前面+port部分，分开+ion名词后缀→成分其中一部分→[所占]比例
"Water covers a large proportion of the earth's surface."
水覆盖了地球表面的大部分。
近义：proportionate, accommodate, adapt, fit, proportionality, balance
反义：hype, magnify, overstate, stretch, dramatize, bulge
n. 意外事件;事故;机遇，偶然;附属品;
💡 ac一再+cid降下+ent...的→偶然降临的事→偶然的事，意外
"The court absolved him of all responsibility for the accident."
法院宣告他对该事故不负任何责任。
近义：hazard, luck, mischance, mishap, casualty, chance
反义：monotone, monotony, regularity, sameness, smoothness, standardization
adj. 真正的;真实的;忠实的;正确的;
adv. 真正地;确实地;正确地;正当地;
n. 真理，真实;正，准，精确;
vt. 摆正;决定（某物）的位置以使其平衡、平稳或水平;
"A whale is a fish. True or false?"
鲸鱼是鱼，对还是错？
近义：legitimate, original, authentic, real, sterling, truthful
反义：illegitimate, imitation, artificial, mock, phoney, phony
vt.& vi. 给…看;表现出;显露出;上演;
vt. 说明;指示;表明;演示;
n. 展览;显示;外观;表演;
vi. 被人看见，显现，显而易见;
💡 秀”(谐音): 做秀就是 展示自己
"After the show, we were allowed to go backstage to meet the cast."
表演结束之后，我们获准到后台和演员见面。
近义：present, raise, showcase, unhide, display, exhibit
反义：mask, obscure, occult, screen, secrete, shade