Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
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n. 文明,文化;开化,教化;修养;文明社会;
💡 civil市民;礼貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明,文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
近义:humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
n. 增加,增殖,倍增;[数]乘法,乘法运算;
💡 multi 多 + pl=ply折+ication表名词 →multiply折很多次=乘+ication表名词 → 乘法, 增加
"We had multiplication tables drilled into us at school."
以前我们上学得反复背诵乘法表.
近义:proliferation
adj. 不必要的,多余的;无用的,无益的;无须;
💡 un 不 + necess 必要+ ary 表示有...性质的 → adj. 不必要的,无用的
"They were found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to animals."
他们因虐待动物而被判有罪。
近义:needless, pointless, profitless, purposeless, redundant, reiterative
反义:important, indispensable, intrinsic, key, main, material
limitless
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a. 无限的, 无界限的
近义:immeasurable, infinite, shoreless, spaceless, termless, unbounded
反义:qualified, restricted, circumscribed, circumscript, confined, constricted