It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living.
— Eric Hoffer  ·  No category

📚 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

sign [saɪn] 词频1 词根: 标记
n. 符号;手势;迹象;指示牌; vt.& vi. 签名;打手势;
💡 sign(mark)→记号；征兆；签字；做手势；表示
"Sign your name in the blank space below."
把名字签在下面的空白处。
近义：legalize, authenticate, seal, stamp, subscribe, undersign 反义：abrogate, negate, nullify, outlaw, quash, repeal
death [dɛθ] 词频1
n. 死亡;（某种）死法，死亡方式;病危;死神;
💡 dead(死)+th(表示抽象名词的后缀)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁决
近义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end 反义：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
praise [prez] 词频1 词根: 价值
n. 赞扬，称赞;崇拜;赞词; v. 赞扬，赞美;歌颂;崇拜;
💡 prais价值，评价+e→称其有很高价值，给以很高评价→称赞，赞美，赞扬，颂扬
"He referred to your work in terms of high praise."
他对你的工作大加赞扬.
近义：apotheosize, honor, hurrah, applaud, laud, magnify 反义：attack, recuse, reproach, batter, hammer, censure
living ['lɪvɪŋ] 词频1
adj. 活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的; n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道; v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活，生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive 反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
inner ['inə] 词频2 词根: in
adj. 内部的，内心的;精神的;秘密的; n. 内部，里面;射中接近靶心部分的一发;
"The violence is emblematic of what is happening in our inner cities."
这种暴力行为正标示了我们市中心贫民区的状况。
近义：indoor, inland, inside, interior, inward
creeping
n. 爬行\\na. 爬行的
近义：slither, crawl, crawling, low, perverse, repent

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"In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists."
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"All leaders strive to turn their followers into children."
"When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other."
"It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable."
"To most of us nothing is so invisible as an unpleasant truth. Though it is held before our eyes, pushed under our noses, rammed down our throats- we know it not."
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