Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but which will afterward propagate it.
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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. 增加，增大，增多;
vt. 增强，增进;[缝纫]放（针）;
vi. 增强;增进;增殖，繁殖;[缝纫]放针;
💡 in向内+crease增→增加
"He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary."
他竟然厚着脸皮要求增加薪水.
近义：heighten, hike, hypo, increment, intensify, magnify
反义：lessen, lower, reduce, slack, slacken, deescalate
adj. 外面的，外部的;表面上的;外用的;外国的;
n. 外部，外面;外观;外部情况;
💡 exter出去+nal=al...的 → 出去的 →在外面的 →外部的
"The accounts have to be audited by a firm of external auditors."
这些账目必须由一家外聘审计员的公司来稽查.
近义：appearance, image, look, looks, aspect, seeming
反义：inside, interior, inward, medullary, systemic, intern
n. 代理人;代理商;药剂;特工;
vt. 由…作中介;由…代理;
adj. 代理的;
💡 ag做，代理做+ent表人或物→做的人→代理人→作用因素；代理人
"Our agent in New York deals with all US sales."
我们在纽约的代理商经办在整个美国的销售。
近义：appointor, intermediary, middleman, proxy, representative, deputy
vt. 繁衍，增殖;使遗传;扩散;使蔓延;
vi. 繁殖;扩大;[物] 通过媒介传送;
💡 pro 很多 + pag合同，商定 + ate表动词 → 传播,宣传
"The political party started the newspaper to propagate its ideas."
那个政党创办一份报纸来宣传该党的观点.
近义：noise, outspread, publish, bandy, spread, circularize
adv. <美>以后，过后;
💡 after以后+ward向...的→之后，后来，以后
"He dissected the plan afterward to learn why it had failed."
他事后仔细剖析那项计划以便搞清它失败的原因.
近义：hereafter, hereinafter, later, next, presently, subsequently