A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
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n. 哲学;哲学体系,哲学思想;生活信条;哲理;
💡 philo爱+sophy智慧→爱智慧→哲学
"the mechanistic philosophy that compares the brain to a computer"
将人脑比作电脑的机械论哲学
近义:ideology, conviction
n. 蠢笨;愚行;讽刺剧;
💡 fool(愚人)+y(表示抽象名词的后缀)→愚笨;愚行
"an act of sheer folly"
纯粹愚蠢的行动
近义:idiocy, muddleheadedness, nonsense, senselessness, stupidity, bullshit
反义:judgement, judgment, reasonableness, sageness, sanity, sensibleness
n. 迷信;迷信行为;<古>邪教;
💡 super在…上面+stit站+ion名词后缀→站在人理智之上的东西→迷信
"According to superstition, breaking a mirror brings bad luck."
按照迷信的说法,摔碎镜子会带来噩运。
近义:fetichism
反义:incertitude, incredulity, mistrust, scepsis, scepticism, unbelief
adv. 因此,所以;从此;从此处;
int. <诗>去;
💡 h+ence(副词后缀)→因此;从此时
"We suspect they are trying to hide something, hence the need for an independent inquiry."
我们怀疑他们在企图隐瞒什么事,因此有必要进行独立调查。
近义:hencewith, hereunder, hereupon, avaunt, thence, thereby
n. 综合性大学;大学人员;大学校舍;
💡 univers宇宙+ity名词→由宇宙引申为知识,知识之地→大学
"the University Advisement Center"
大学咨询中心
近义:college, varsity, faculty, pedagogical, scholastic, collegiate
n. 教育;教育学;培养;训练;
💡 e出+duc引导,带来+ation行为 → 引出知识的行为 → 教育
"a special adviser to the President on education"
总统的教育特别顾问
近义:schooling, instruction, learning, background, schoolteaching, teaching
反义:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness