and whom I respect, confess at once that they have little idea where they are going when they first set pen to paper.
和尊敬的作家，都立即承認在他們動筆時，不清楚要寫什么，怎么寫。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 39 What every writer wants
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
vt. 尊重;尊敬;關心;遵守;
n. 尊重，恭敬;敬意;某方面;
?? re再+spect看→再看一眼→尊敬
"Respect for life is a cardinal principle of English law."
尊重生命是英國法律最重要的原則。
近義：honor, honour, obey, observe, prize, regard
反義：outrage, smirch, besmirch, deride, disgrace, dishonor
v. 供認;坦白;承認;悔過;
?? con全部+fess說→全部說出→承認，坦白
"I confess it with shame -- shrunk icily into myself, like a snail."
我羞愧地懺悔了 —— 冷冰冰地退縮, 像個蝸牛.
近義：own, accept, acknowledge, avow, concede, honor
反義：impugn, naysay, negate, object, oppose, rebut
adv. 一次，一趟;一倍;曾經(jīng);一旦;
conj. 一旦…就…;一經(jīng);
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."
細菌一進入血液里，就附著在紅細胞表面上。
近義：heretofore, occasionally, onetime, previously, sometimes, thereinbefore
adj. 小的;瑣碎的;嬌小的;幼小的;
adv. 不多，略微;少許，一點;短時間地;
n. （表示否定）微少;沒有多少;短時間;
det. （數(shù)量上）微少的，少到幾乎沒有的;（a little）少量的，一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的裝腔作勢令她不快。
近義：minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
反義：large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
n. 主意，想法;[哲]理念，觀念;[樂]樂句;模糊想法;
?? dear(親愛的），你有什么好idea(主意）
"How does the idea of a holiday in Spain grab you?"
你對于到西班牙去度假這個主意感興趣 嗎 ?
近義：intent, knowledge, notion, purpose, think, thought