It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
— H. L. Mencken  ·  Golf

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impossible [ɪm'pɑsəbl] 词频1 词根: im
adj. 不可能的，做不到的;难以忍受的;不会有的，不能相信的; n. 不可能;不可能的事;
💡 im不，无，非+possible可能的→不可能的
"She was such a contrary child—it was impossible to please her."
这孩子老跟人作对，没法让她高兴。
近义：impracticable, unachievable, unattainable, unfeasible, unreachable, unrealizable 反义：approachable, incidental, likely, obtainable, attainable, open
imagine [ɪ'mædʒɪn] 词频1
vt. 想，设想;想像;料想，猜想;误认为; vi. 想象;猜想，推测;
💡 imag=image图像+ine...的→有关图像的→想象
"Imagine my amazement when a 70 - year - old man beat me at tennis."
在网球赛中,我竟被一位70高龄的老人击败,请想像一下我当时的惊愕状态.
近义：ideate, picture, suppose, understand, visualise, visualize
billiards [['biljədz]]
n. 台球, 桌球
近义：pool, pinball, bagatelle
golf [gɔlf] 词频2
n. 高尔夫球;高尔夫球运动; vi. 打高尔夫球;
💡 去(go)拿一(l)根球棒(f-高尔夫棒)打 高尔夫球
"an elder statesman of golf"
高尔夫球的元老
Beethoven [['beithəuvn]]
n. 贝多芬
Goethe
n. 歌德

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"Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself."
"Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right."
"Puritanism is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."
"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."
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🏷 更多「Golf」名言

"Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at."
— Jimmy Demaret
"If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf."
— Bob Hope
"Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing."
— Dave Barry
"Golf isn't a game, it's a choice that one makes with one's life."
— Charles Rosin
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