If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture than you are a victim of it.
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n. (人的)情况;局面,形势,处境;位置;[心理学]情境;
💡 situ=site位置 + ation 名词后缀→ 形势,环境
"Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation."
已经采取措施以改善局面。
近义:incident, intricacy, picture, prickliness, problems, state
pron. 每人,人人;大伙儿;各位;
💡 every每个 +body 人→ pron.每人,人人
"When I give the command, everybody pushes off together."
我一声令下, 大家就一起用桨把船撑离河岸.
近义:each, all, everyone
n. 代表;继任者;议员;类似物;
adj. 典型的;有代表性的;代议制的;相当[类似](另一种属)的;
💡 represent代表+ative形容词后缀 →代表性的
"a representative of the UN"
联合国代表
近义:appointor, procurator, proxy, rep, deputy, commissary
反义:irregular, nonconforming, atypical, uncharacteristic, uncommon, untypical
n. 文化;[生物学](微生物等的)培养;修养;养殖;
vt. 培植,培养;
💡 cult耕种,培养+ure抽象名词→[对心灵的]培养→人类文化
"the otherness of an alien culture"
异域文化的不同情调
近义:incubate, breed, cultivate, hatch, socialize, civilise
反义:philistinism, barbarism, roughness
n. 牺牲者,受害者;自找苦吃的人;受骗者,上当者;为祭祀杀死的动物(或人);
💡 victim- 表”受害者”
"He had been the victim of a grievous injustice."
他曾遭受极不公正的待遇。
近义:sufferer, prey
adj. 指定的,确定的;假设的,假定的;有…倾向的;赠送的;
prep. (表示原因)考虑到;(表示假设)倘若,假定;
n. 假设;
v. 给予,赠送( give的过去分词);
"The pilot was given clearance to land by air traffic control."
飞行员得到空中交通管制站发出的着陆许可。
近义:particular
反义:indefinite, indeterminate, unascertained, uncertain, unsettled, vague