Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
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vt. 想,设想;想像;料想,猜想;误认为;
vi. 想象;猜想,推测;
💡 imag=image图像+ine...的→有关图像的→想象
"Imagine my amazement when a 70 - year - old man beat me at tennis."
在网球赛中,我竟被一位70高龄的老人击败,请想像一下我当时的惊愕状态.
近义:ideate, picture, suppose, understand, visualise, visualize
adv. 一次,一趟;一倍;曾经;一旦;
conj. 一旦…就…;一经;
n. 一次,一回;
💡 on=one一+ce次 → 一次
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
细菌一进入血液里,就附着在红细胞表面上。
近义:heretofore, occasionally, onetime, previously, sometimes, thereinbefore
n. 创造者,创作者;
"Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse"
沃尔特∙迪斯尼—米老鼠的创作者
近义:architect, artificer, maker, originator, author, pioneer
反义:ravager, vandal, hun
n. 喜剧演员,丑角;滑稽的人;
"A classic example comes from comedian Jack Benny , famous for his parsimony."
有个经典例子出自以吝啬著称的喜剧演员杰克·班尼.
近义:comedienne, storyteller, comic, entertainer, funnyman
n. 世界;地球;领域;尘世;
💡 一句(l)话(word)讲出 世界的本质
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里,他是她唯一的守护神。
近义:humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe
explicable
['eksplikəbl]
adj. 可解释的,可说明的;
"The delay is partly explicable by the road works."
延误的部份原因是道路施工.
近义:justifiable, accountable, evincible, explainable
反义:mysterious, unaccountable, unexplainable
📜 H. L. Mencken 的更多名言
"A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents."