It is when we all play safe that we create a world of the utmost insecurity.
📚 名句词汇解析
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vt. 创造,创作;产生;封爵,把…封为(贵族);
vi. [英][俚]大发脾气,大发牢骚;
💡 cre增长,产生+ate造成→增长→创造
"Mellow music and lighting helped to create the right atmosphere."
柔和的音乐和灯光衬托出了适宜的氛围。
近义:indite, innovate, invent, make, manufacture, mold
adj. 极度的,最大的,最远的;
n. 极限,最大限度;
💡 ut(on)+most(形容词后缀)→最远的;极度的
"I was treated with the utmost courtesy by the staff."
我受到了工作人员极有礼貌的接待。
近义:highest, hindmost, larger, last, latest, latter
n. 比赛;游戏;戏剧;赌博;
vt.& vi. 玩;演奏;演出;参加比赛;
vt. 扮演;担任,充当…的角色;演出;装扮;
vi. 玩耍,游戏;[游戏] 参加游戏;赌博;闹着玩;
💡 联想:只要一玩就“不累
"The critic's review of the play was just a paragraph of bile."
那位批评家对这部戏剧的评论不过是在发泄怒气。
近义:romp, sport, toy, dally, frisk, frolic
反义:sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
adj. 安全的;保险的,肯定的;无损的;提供保护的;
n. 保险箱,保险柜;冷藏箱;〈俚〉避孕套;
💡 被save(拯救)已safe(安全)
"The family jewels are locked away in a safe."
家里的珠宝首饰都锁在保险柜里。
近义:strongbox, vault, innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless
反义:hesitant, hesitative, infirm, irresolute, shaky, skeptical
n. 世界;地球;领域;尘世;
💡 一句(l)话(word)讲出 世界的本质
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里,他是她唯一的守护神。
近义:humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe