The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community.
個人的生活史首先就是適應他的社團世代相傳形成的生活方式和準則。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 44 Patterns of culture
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 歷史，歷史學;發展史;履歷，經歷;（某地的）沿革;
?? histor過去發生的事 + y 表名詞→ 歷史；個人經歷
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年諾貝爾文學獎得主為莫言，他“很好地將魔幻現實與民間故事、歷史與當代結合在一起”。
近義：archives, papers, past, background, record, records
adj. 個人的;獨特的;個別的;
n. 個人;個體;
?? in加強+di分開+vid分開+ual...的→與別人分開的→個人的，個體的
"Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job."
一旦就業，即停發福利救濟。
近義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
反義：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
adj. 第一流的，最重要的;最初的，最前面的;
adv. 首先，第一;居于首位地;
?? fore前+most表形容詞，最 →最前面的
"He is considered the foremost British artist of this century."
他被認為是本世紀英國第一流的藝術家.
近義：prime, first, fore, forward, front, mainly
n. 住處;適應;便利;和解;
?? ac引申+commod住宿+at動詞后綴+ion名詞后綴→預定鋪位，膳宿條件
"to stay in high-class accommodation"
住在上好的住所
近義：lodge, lodgement, lodging, quartering, room, accommodations
反義：huddle, jumble, mess, muddle, muss, bafflement
n. 社區;社會團體;共同體;[生態] 群落;
?? com共同+mun公共的+ity狀態→公共狀態→社會，社區
"The development was bitterly opposed by the local community."
這一開發項目遭到了當地社區的憤怒抵制。
近義：aristoi, society, collectivity, group, guild, commonwealth
反義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke