'We are survival machines - robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 幸存，生存;幸存者;遗物;遗风;
💡 sur=super超过+viv活+al名词后缀→经过事故活着→幸存
"The doctor told my wife I had a fifty - fifty chance of survival."
医生告诉我的妻子,说我活下去的可能性只有50%.
近义：livelihood, subsistence, survivorship, sustenance
反义：killing, liquidation, obliteration, dejection, destruction, elimination
vt. 保护;保持，保存;腌制食物;防腐处理;
vi. 保鲜;保持原状;做蜜饯;禁猎;
n. 蜜饯;防护用品;禁猎地;独占的事物（或范围）;
💡 pre预先+serve保持→预先保留→保存
"Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity."
为了姓名保密，书中的人用的都是化名。
近义：protect, save, shelter, defend, guard, embalm
反义：quit, stop, leave, desist, cut, finish
adj. 自私的，利己的;
💡 self自己的 + ish 形容词后缀→ 自私的,利己的
"They painted him to be indecisive, negative, and selfish."
他被描绘成一个优柔寡断 、 消极又自私的人.
近义：opportunist, calculating, egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal
反义：liberal, loose, nobleminded, openhanded, selfless, ungrudging
robot
['robɑt]
n. 机器人;遥控装置;自动机;机械呆板的人;
💡 罗伯特”（谐音）:名叫“罗伯特”的 机器人
"They built a robot capable of understanding spoken commands."
他们制造了一个能懂口头指令的机器人.
近义：automaton, golem, android, automat, intelligent, mechanical
adv. 盲目地;无目的地;摸索地;不继续地;
"She pushed blindly past him and made for the door."
她摸索着从他身边挤过去走向门口.
近义：stubbornly, confusedly, dazedly, gropingly
adj. 大家知道的;已知的;知名的;向某人作自我介绍;
v. 知道( know的过去分词 );看到过;听到过;经历过;
"There is no known antidote to the poison."
这种毒的解药尚未发现。
近义：acknowledged, familiar, noted, reputable, reputed
反义：ignored, obscure, unadmired, unbeknown, unfamiliar, unidentified