The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.
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adj. 不断前进的;进步的;进行的;
n. 改革论者;进步分子;
💡 pro向前+gress行走+ive名词后缀，表人 →进步者
"It was a progressive disease and he would suffer more and more."
病情逐渐加剧,他将忍受越来越大的痛苦.
近义：progressionist, outcoming, outreaching, advanced, advancing, creeping
反义：praetorian, rightist, tory, traditionalist, receding, sagging
n. 发展，进化;被发展的状态;新生事物，新产品;开发区;
💡 develop发展+ment表名词 →发展发达，发展
"The development was bitterly opposed by the local community."
这一开发项目遭到了当地社区的愤怒抵制。
近义：progress, unfoldment, upgrowth, evolution, evolvement, growth
反义：backwardness, underdevelopment, atrophy, degeneracy, degeneration
prep. 在…下面，在表面之下;在…的假定表面或掩饰下;少于，小于;在…情况下;
adv. 在下面;少于;在水下;在昏迷中;
adj. 较低的，下面的;
"The admiral visited the ships under his command."
舰队司令视察了他所统率的军舰。
近义：underneath, below, beneath
反义：above, over, up, atop, onto, upon
adj. 宽的;普遍的;广阔的;张大的，开得很大的;
adv. 广泛地;充分地;广阔地;
n. 广大的世界;[板]歪球;
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"A wide promenade allows many people to walk at the same time."
宽阔的人行道可容许多人同时行走.
近义：loose, baggy, broad, ample, large, lengthy
反义：inured, joint, matched, seasoned, acclimated, adapted
vt. 打扫，清理;扫除;彻底搜索;掠过;
vi. 打扫;扫过;蜿蜒;大范围伸展;
n. 打扫;延伸;挥动;全胜;
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"Please sweep under the carpets."
请打扫一下地毯下面。
近义：broom, beat, whirl, wash, desolate, sweeping
反义：maculate, muddy, attaint, smear, smirch, smooch
vt. 种植;扩大;扩展;增加;
vi. 生长;渐渐变得;逐渐开始;
vt.& vi. （使）留长，蓄长;
"He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache."
他已经决定留起络腮胡子和髭。
近义：proliferate, propagate, breed, upsize, expand, increase
反义：shrink, lessen, attenuate, reduce, remit, slacken