Libraries made education possible, and education in its turn added to libraries: the growth of knowledge followed a kind of compound interest law, which was greatly enhanced by the invention of printing.
藏書使教育成為可能，而教育反過來又豐富了藏書，因為知識的增長遵循著一種“滾雪球”的規律。印刷術的發明又大大提高了知識增長的速度。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 22 Knowledge and progress
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 教育;教育學;培養;訓練;
?? e出+duc引導，帶來+ation行為 → 引出知識的行為 → 教育
"a special adviser to the President on education"
總統的教育特別顧問
近義：schooling, instruction, learning, background, schoolteaching, teaching
反義：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
n. 生長;增長;一茬植株;腫塊，腫瘤;
?? grow成長+th抽象名詞 → 成長
"Do you know the optimum temperature for the growth of plants?"
你知道莊稼生長的最佳溫度 嗎 ?
近義：headway, improvement, increase, augmentation, progress, rising
反義：lessening, letup, recession, reduction, remission, shortage
n. 了解，理解;知識（表示多方面的知識時有復數knowledges這一用法）;學科;見聞;
?? know知道+ledge框架 → 知識
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英語已經學得很好。
近義：idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
反義：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
n. 場地;復合物;（筑有圍墻的）院子;復合詞;
?? com全部+pound放→全部放到一起→化合物
"Common salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine."
普通食鹽是鈉和氯的化合物。
近義：precinct, room, stance, close, immix, assort
反義：modest, ordinary, oversimplified, plain, bare, stodgy
n. 發明;發明物;捏造：內心捏造的東西，特指謊言;發明才能;
?? invent發明，創造+ion名詞后綴 → 發明，創造，捏造
"Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time."
傳真機在當時是一項了不起的發明。
近義：improvisation, intellect, intelligence, strike, talent, brainchild