I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.
📚 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. 定义;规定，明确;[物]清晰度;解释;
💡 de使…成为+fin界限+ition名词后缀→划出界限→定义
"Can you give a more precise definition of the word?"
你能给这个词下个更确切的定义吗？
近义：outline, picture, portraiture, term, word, delineation
反义：hesitation, indecision, indecisiveness, indistinctness, irresolution, uncertainty
n. 文化;[生物学]（微生物等的）培养;修养;养殖;
vt. 培植，培养;
💡 cult耕种，培养+ure抽象名词→[对心灵的]培养→人类文化
"the otherness of an alien culture"
异域文化的不同情调
近义：incubate, breed, cultivate, hatch, socialize, civilise
反义：philistinism, barbarism, roughness
n. 诗，诗歌;诗意，诗情;作诗;诗歌艺术;
💡 poet诗人+ry集合 →诗歌
"This is a good example of Shelley's lyric poetry."
这首诗是雪莱抒情诗的范例.
近义：poesy
vt. 想;思索;以为;看待;
vi. 思辩;考虑;构想;回忆;
adj. 深思的;供思考的;
n. 想;想法;
💡 深刻(谐音):深刻的思 想 我在想（think）该如何感谢（thank）他们
"They'll think you're being antisocial if you don't go."
要是你不去，他们就会认为你不合群。
近义：imagine, meditate, mull, perpend, ponder, ratiocinate
adj. 可能的;可接受的;合理的，可以允许的;不坏的;
n. 可能性，潜在性;可能的人物，可能有的事;最高分;
💡 音“跑四步”：被五步蛇咬了，跑四步还是 可能的 poss(pass通过)+ible(能): 可能的 网友：马 胜 敏 补充：1：穿着破（po）烂的两个美女（ss
"It'should surely be possible for them to reach an agreement."
想必他们可以达成协议.
近义：approachable, incidental, likely, obtainable, attainable, open
反义：impracticable, unachievable, unattainable, unfeasible, unreachable, unrealizable
adj. 现代的;近代的;新式的;当代风格的;
n. 现代人，现代主义者;时髦人士;[印]现代字体，指印刷中所用的一种字体;
💡 音“摩登
"The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world."
很多人认为君主制在现代世界不合时宜。
近义：mod, new, newfangled, novel, recent, unworn
🏷 更多「No category」名言
"We shall support whatever the enemy opposes and oppose whatever the enemy supports."
— Mao Tse-Tung