To name an object is to deprive a poem of three-fourths of its pleasure, which consists in a little-by-little guessing game; the ideal is to suggest.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 物体;目标;宾语;客体，对象;
💡 ob反+ject投掷，扔→反着扔→反对，引申为扔向目标 → 物体；目标v. 反对
"A rock is an inanimate object."
岩石是无生命的物体。
近义：oppose, protest, recalcitrate, remonstrate, resist, conflict
反义：accord, acquiesce, chord, coincide, concur, converge
vt. 剥夺，夺去，使丧失;
💡 de去掉+prive单个→从个人身边拿走→剥夺，夺去
"This law will deprive us of our most basic rights."
这条法律将剥夺我们最基本的权利.
近义：bereave, shear, spoliate, strip, despoil, destitute
反义：improve, perfect, upgrade, better, meliorate, enhance
n. 愉快;娱乐;令人高兴的事;
vt. 使高兴;使满意;
vi. 觉得高兴，享受;寻欢作乐;
💡 pleas=please令人高兴的+ure名词后缀，表行为、状态 →愉快
"His grandchildren afforded him his greatest pleasure in his old age."
他的孙子和孙女们在晚年的时候给了他最大的欢乐.
近义：please, delectate, delight, enchant, gladden, joy
反义：indifference, irritant, nonchalance, nuisance, tiff, unpleasantness
adj. 理想的，完美的;被认为是最好的;完全或相当令人满意的;想象的，假设的;
n. 理想;典范，典型;目标，高尚的、有价值的原则或目标;
💡 ide=idea思想，观点+al名词后缀 → 对未来的思想 → 理想
"Any attempt to construct an ideal society is foredoomed to failure."
任何构建理想社会的努力都注定要失败。
近义：idealization, intention, aspiration, mark, objective, purport
反义：inappropriate, inapt, incompatible, insufficient, lacking, scanty
vt. 建议，提议;暗示;使想起;启示;
💡 sug在下面+gest带来，产生→从下面带上来→建议
"Let me suggest a possible scenario ."
我来设想一种可能出现的情况。
近义：hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, mean, motion
反义：require, summon, request, claim, exact, contraindicate
n. 名字;名声;有…名称的;著名的人物;
vt. 确定;决定;给…取名;说出…的名字;
adj. 著名的;据以取名;
💡 那(na)么(me)难听的 名字是谁 命名的
"What's your name and address ?"
你的姓名、住址？
近义：articulate, mention, mouth, pronounce, speak, tell
反义：hide, mask, occult, shield, shroud, veil