Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
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adj. 可能的;适合的;有希望的;
adv. 可能;或许;大概;多半;
💡 like可能 + ly...的\/地 → a.可能的 ad.很可能
"Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble."
这种糕饼用米粉做不那么容易碎。
近义:inclined, apt, liable, ostensible, plausible, possible
反义:imaginary, implausible, improbable, unbelievable, uncertain, utopical
pron. 任何人,无论谁;随便哪一个人;
n. <口语>重要的人,有声名的人;平常人;
💡 any任何+body身体→任何人
"Is there anybody who can help me?"
有人能帮我吗?
近义:any, anyone, one, somebody, someone, whoever
n. 后代,后世;子孙;后裔;儿孙;
💡 poster后面+ity表名词→后面的人→后代,子孙
"Few of his works will go down to posterity."
他的作品没有几件会流传到后世.
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
adv. 其他;否则;另外;
adj. 别的;其他的;
"That proposal is nothing else other than a patchwork."
那个建议只是一个大杂烩而已.
近义:other, otherwise, unequal, unlike, different, dissimilar