Each religion, by the help of more or less myth which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabline it to make its peace with its destiny.
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n. 宗教;支配自己生活的大事;教派;心爱的事物;
💡 relig=rely依赖+ ion 名词后缀 → 用来依赖的 → 宗教;宗教信仰
"Is there always a conflict between science and religion?"
科学和宗教信仰之间是否永远存在着冲突?
近义:creed, faith
反义:godlessness
n. 神话;神怪故事;奇人,奇事;虚构的人,虚构的事;
v. 使神话化;
💡 myst, myth 【希腊传入拉丁】表”秘密”
"the murky borderland between history and myth"
历史与神话之间的边缘领域
近义:legend
反义:sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
adv. 认真地;严肃地;严重地;
💡 serious严肃的 + ly ...地→ adv. 认真地;严重地,严肃地
"Her father is seriously ill in St Luke's hospital."
她父亲住在圣路加医院,病情很重。
近义:owlishly, responsibly, unsmilingly, earnestly, gravely
反义:casually
n. 方法;条理;
💡 meth(meta-=after)+od(way)→方法;体系;秩序(=a way after,a following after)
"a reliable method of birth control"
可靠的节育措施
近义:approach, logic, logicality, manner, means, mode
n. 人,人类;
adj. 人的;有人性的;显示人类特有弱点的;人本性的;
💡 hum土,地+an名词后缀,属于...的,传说人是由土造出的 → 人类
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老师打了个比喻,把人的心脏比作水泵。
近义:mortal
n. 命运;天命,天数;命运的三女神;主宰事物的力量;
💡 des=god神 + tin =hold握,持,守 + y [名词后缀],构成抽象名词 →由神决定→ 命运;定数,天命
"The night, the world, the wind spin out their destiny."
这个夜晚,这个世界,这风延续着我们的命运。
近义:karma, lot, doom, fate, foredoom