The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
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n. 心,精神,心力,知,智力,智慧;心胸,头脑,人;愿望,目的,意向,意志,决心,见解,意见;记忆,记性,记忆力,回想;
vi. 介意;注意;
vt. 专心于;介意;愿意做;照顾;
💡 mind→心;意志;精神;理性;智力;注意;开会;介意
"His mind reached after an understanding of the problem."
他开动脑筋,想弄懂这个问题.
近义:heed, attend, ware, beware, follow, care
n. 感觉,官能;意识,观念;理性;识别力;
vt. 感到;理解,领会;检测出;
💡 sens(feel)+e(名词后缀)→感官;知觉;意义;判断力;感知
"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:intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
n. 胡说,废话;荒谬的念头;愚蠢的行为;胡闹;
adj. 无意义的;荒谬的;
int. 荒唐;
💡 non无+sense感觉,意义→无意义
"Reports that he has resigned are nonsense."
有关他已经辞职的报道是无稽之谈。
近义:hogwash, applesauce, muddleheadedness, absurdity, pedantry, poppycock
反义:judgement, judgment, reasonableness, sageness, sanity, sensibleness
n. 摆,钟摆;摇摆不定的事态(或局面);
💡 Pend悬挂+ulum东西→摆着的东西→钟摆
"In education, the pendulum has swung back to traditional teaching methods."
教育界又恢复了传统教学法。
adv. 立刻,马上;向右,右边;恰当地;一直;
adj. 右方的;正确的;合适的;好的,正常的;
n. 正确,正当;右边;权利;右手;
vt. 纠正;扶直,使正;整理;补偿;
vi. (船舶等)复正,恢复平稳;
💡 请把名字写(write)在右边(right)
"Is the coffee all right?"
这咖啡还满意吗?
近义:avenge, vindicate, wreak, mend, rectify, reerect
反义:counterfeit, fake, forge, obstriction, pledge, responsibility
adj. 有毛病的,失常的;错误的,不正确的;不好的,不公正的;反对的,相反的,颠倒的,背面的,里面的;
adv. 不对,错误,失当;不好,不公正;逆,颠倒,翻转;有毛病,不舒服;
n. 过失,错误;不义的行为;不义行为;犯罪;
vt. 委屈,无理地对待,诽谤;
💡 勿(w)容(rong)忍 错误的
"I got it wrong. It wasn't the red one but the blue one."
我弄错了。不是红的那个,是蓝的那个。
近义:hurt, injure, insult, mistreat, offend, penalize
反义:heal, mend, rectify, reform, remedy, repair
📜 Carl Jung 的更多名言
"Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism."