There is no social problem it is more incumbent upon us to understand than this of the role of custom.
而沒有任何一個社會問題比得上風俗的作用問題更要求我們對它理解。
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
adj. 社會的,社會上的;交際的,社交的;群居的;合群的;
n. 聯(lián)誼會,聯(lián)歡會;社交聚會;
?? soc社會+ial形容詞后綴 → 社會的
"political groups agitating for social change"
鼓吹社會變革的政治團體
近義:party, approachable, kindly, neighborly, neighbourly, personable
反義:sociopathic, dissocial
n. 問題;疑難問題;習題;引起麻煩的人;
adj. 成問題的;難處理的;關(guān)于社會問題的;
?? problem- 【希臘傳入拉丁】字面上表”向前拋的東西”也表問題
"His mind reached after an understanding of the problem."
他開動腦筋,想弄懂這個問題.
近義:headache, hitch, imbroglio, jam, knot, matter
反義:repair, reparation, workaround, remedy, refitting, overhauling
adj. 在職的;義不容辭的;靠在[壓在]上面的;彎垂下來的;
n. 在職者;教會中的任職者;〈英〉教區(qū)牧師;
?? in向內(nèi),進入+cumb躺+ent形容詞后綴,具有…性質(zhì)的→躺在官位上的人→任職者;牧師
"the present incumbent of the White House"
現(xiàn)任美國總統(tǒng)
近義:applicable, apropos, pertaining, pertinent, relevant, suitable
反義:immaterial, improper, inappropriate, inconsequential, inopportune, awry
vt.& vi. 懂,理解;
vt. 了解;默認;聽說;領(lǐng)會;
?? under(under)+stand→懂;了解;通曉;認為
"That's just an approximation, you understand."
你知道那僅僅是近似值。
近義:ideate, imagine, apprehend, interpret, assimilate, penetrate
反義:misapprehend, misconstrue, mishear, misinterpret, misrepresent, misread
prep. 在…上面;當…時候;
"It was a title bestowed upon him by the king."
那是國王賜給他的頭銜。
近義:above, atop, on, onto, over, o'er