A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
— H. L. Mencken  ·  No category

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Sunday ['sʌnde] 词频1
n. 星期日，星期天;每逢星期日出版的报纸;星期日报;[人名] 森迪;
💡 Sun日+day天→星期日
"She contrived to spend a couple of hours with him every Sunday evening."
每周星期日晚上她都设法与他待上几个小时。
近义：dominical
penance ['pɛnəns] 词频5
n. （赎罪的）苦行，苦修;
💡 pen, pun Pen,pun=penalty,表示”处罚”
"an act of penance"
赎罪善功
近义：penalization, punishment, sanction, shrift, chargeoff, chastisement 反义：lenience, leniency, lenity, looseness, mercy, absolution
evil ['ivl] 词频1
adj. 邪恶的，罪恶的;有害的;不幸的，不吉的;品行坏的; n. 邪恶，罪恶;坏事，恶行;邪恶的力量、势力或化身;灾祸;
💡 e 加强或引申意义、使…+vil =base （卑劣的） → n.邪恶；祸害 a.坏的
"the evil effects of racism"
种族主义的恶劣影响
近义：ill, infirmity, malady, complaint, affection, disease 反义：goodness, humane, kind, kindhearted, kindly, loyal
conscience ['kɑnʃəns] 词频2 词根: con
n. 良心;道德心;
💡 con全部+sci知道+ence名词后缀→全部知道→有良知→良心
"Guilt had been eating into his conscience for some months."
几个月来内疚一直折磨着他的良心.
近义：percept, perceptibility, perception, awareness, seeing, sense
school [skul] 词频1
n. 学校;上学;学院;群; vt. 训练，锻炼;教育，教导;约束;给…上学;
💡 到001(ool) 学校“死哭啊”/“是苦啊
"repeated absences from school"
一再缺课
近义：illustrate, instruct, raise, rear, refine, teach
prison ['prizn] 词频1 词根: 抓住
n. 监狱;牢笼;监禁;入狱;
💡 地痞(p)在 监狱，日(ri)夜想儿子(er) 网友：tom 补充：因为pride（骄傲），进了prison（监狱）。
"a mass breakout from a top security prison"
从防守高度严密的监狱的集体越狱
近义：imprison, incarcerate, jail, commit, confine, gaol

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