If your imagination leads you to understand how quickly people grant your requests when those requests appeal to their self-interest, you can have practically anything you go after.
📚 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. 想像，想像力;空想，妄想;想像出来的事物;
💡 imagin=imagine想象+ation表名词 →想象
"a product of her febrile imagination"
她狂想的产物
近义：imagining, visualization, gumption, creativeness, creativity, daydream
反义：sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
vt.& vi. 懂，理解;
vt. 了解;默认;听说;领会;
💡 under(under)+stand→懂；了解；通晓；认为
"That's just an approximation, you understand."
你知道那仅仅是近似值。
近义：ideate, imagine, apprehend, interpret, assimilate, penetrate
反义：misapprehend, misconstrue, mishear, misinterpret, misrepresent, misread
adv. 迅速地;立即;马上;
💡 quick迅速的+ly表副词 →迅速地
"The party was arranged quickly."
聚会很快就安排好了。
近义：apace, hurriedly, lightly, precipitately, promptly, rapidly
反义：leisurely, slow, tardily, unhurriedly, calmly, lazily
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 上诉;[体育]诉请;呼吁;（迫切的）要求（帮助、同情等）恳求;
vi. （迫切）要求;有吸引力;求助（于）;提请注意;
vt. 将…移交上级法院审理;
💡 pel, puls 表”驱动,推动”#词根助记：ap向着+peal=向着……推动自己的诉求=恳求,诉求,请愿
"to lodge an appeal"
提出上诉
近义：plead, imploration, petition, petitioning, pleading, request
反义：order, demand
vt. 承认;同意;准许;授予;
n. 拨款;补助金;授给物（如财产、授地、专有权、补助、拨款等）;
vi. 同意;
💡 gr(great)+ant(蚂蚁): 给予伟大的蚂蚁 拔款 网友：yqy补充： 准予（grant）豪华（grand）的泰坦尼克号下水－－永远的教训
"If you grant my request, you will earn my thanks."
如果你答应我的要求, 就会得到我的感谢.
近义：assignment, cession, concession, endowment, fellowship, award
反义：nab, seize, wrest, take, capture, catch