Error always addresses the passions and prejudices; truth scorns such mean intrigue, and only addresses the understanding and the conscience.
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n. 错误,过失;[法]误审,违法;[数]误差;
💡 err漫游,犯错误+or表名词,物 → 错误
"The Kenyan athlete made a tactical error in starting too fast."
肯尼亚运动员犯了战术错误,起步时跑得太快.
近义:inaccuracy, lapse, miscalculation, misinformation, mistake, mistaking
反义:arrival, success, triumph, victory, achievement
n. 真理;真相,事实;忠实,忠诚;现实,现实性;
💡 tru相信,真实+th抽象名词 →事实,真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反义:hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
intrigue
['ɪn'triɡ]
n. 密谋,阴谋;私通,奸情;
vi. 耍阴谋;
vt. 以谋略达成;激起…的好奇心;
💡 in(in)+trigue(=tric,obstacle)→阴谋;策划阴谋;引起…的兴趣
"Qu Yuan suffered banishment as the victim of a court intrigue."
屈原成为朝廷中钩心斗角的牺牲品,因而遭到放逐.
近义:mystify, nonplus, perplex, baffle, puzzle, discountenance
反义:illustrate, inspire, kindle, illuminate, edify, educate
vt. 理解,懂得;熟知,通晓;获知,理解;谅解;
vi. 理解,懂得;表示同情或谅解;据说;
n. 认识,了解;谅解;知识;
adj. 能谅解的;宽容的;通情达理的;
💡 under下+stand站立+ing名词后缀 → 理解
"an imperfect understanding of English"
对英语的不透彻理解
近义:idea, insight, knowledge, assimilation, notion, perception
反义:incoherence, incomprehension, disagreement, inharmony, nonapproval, nonconformity
n. 良心;道德心;
💡 con全部+sci知道+ence名词后缀→全部知道→有良知→良心
"Guilt had been eating into his conscience for some months."
几个月来内疚一直折磨着他的良心.
近义:percept, perceptibility, perception, awareness, seeing, sense
v. 表示…的意思;意思是;打算;产生…结果;
adj. 吝啬的;刻薄的;破旧的;残忍的;
n. 平均数;中间;几何平均;等比中数;
💡 他哭mean(意味着)想吃吃meat(肉)
"I don't mean to disparage your achievements."
我并不想贬低你的成就。
近义:hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, purport, signify
反义:humane, humanitarian, liberal, lofty, loose, loyal