philosophers by selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort.
牧師靠賣精神安慰為生。
新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)
Lesson 27 Nothing to sell and nothing to buy
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 智慧，明智;常識(shí)，好的判斷力;知識(shí)，學(xué)問(wèn);古訓(xùn);
?? wis=wise智慧的+dom狀態(tài)或領(lǐng)域 →智慧
"The received wisdom is that they cannot win."
大家一致認(rèn)為他們不會(huì)贏。
近義：prudence, sageness, sanity, sensibleness, carefulness, discretion
反義：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
adj. 精神的;心靈的;高尚的，崇高的;宗教的;
n. 圣歌（尤指美國(guó)南部黑人的）;教會(huì)事物;
?? spirit精神+ual...的 →精神的；宗教的
"a spiritual that segued into a singalong chorus"
一首轉(zhuǎn)為會(huì)眾集體跟唱的靈歌
近義：unworldly, church, clerical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical
反義：worldly, temporal, earthly, earthy
n. 安慰;舒適;使人舒服的事物;給予援助或安慰的人或事;
vt. 安慰，使舒適;使（痛苦等）緩和;
?? fort(=forc表力) force 力 一起(com)用力(fort)使舒適 安慰 向外(e)用力(fort)叫 努力(effort) 使(en)有力(fo
"A small drop in the inflation rate was cold comfort for the millions without a job."
對(duì)數(shù)百萬(wàn)失業(yè)者來(lái)說(shuō)，通貨膨脹率的微降是不起作用的安慰。
近義：appease, liven, assure, mollify, pacify, balm
反義：prostrate, undeceive, abate, chill, disenthrall, damp
a. 賣的, 銷路好的, 出售的\\n[經(jīng)] 賣盤, 出售, 銷路好
近義：sale, vendition
反義：attainment, procurance, procuration, procurement, purchase, acquirement