The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man.
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯,幫助你深度理解這句話
adj. 美麗的,美好的;極好的;
?? beauti美麗+ful...的→美的,美麗的
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使這些美麗的動物能生存下去,現在就要行動起來。
近義:arresting, lovable, lovely, beauteous, charming, adorable
反義:homely, inartistic, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely
adj. 固定的,不變的;不易揮發的;處境…的,常作復合詞;(比賽等)通過作弊預先安排好結果的;
v. 固定( fix的過去式和過去分詞);
?? fix固定+ed被...的 →被固定的
"the expiry of a fixed-term contract"
定期合同的滿期
近義:irremovable, nailed, pinned, secured, set, standing
反義:astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
n. 人,人類;
adj. 人的;有人性的;顯示人類特有弱點的;人本性的;
?? hum土,地+an名詞后綴,屬于...的,傳說人是由土造出的 → 人類
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老師打了個比喻,把人的心臟比作水泵。
近義:mortal
n. 自然;天性;天理;類型;
?? nat出生的+ure狀態→出生狀態→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
兩黨制的對抗性
近義:milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment
n. 結果;(尤指足球比賽的)勝利;[體]比分;成功實現的事;
vi. 發生,產生;歸結為,導致;后果,終結;由…而造成[產生];
?? re反問+sult跳→反回來的東西→結果
"Is personality the result of conditioning from parents and society, or are we born with it?"
個性是受父母和社會熏陶的結果,還是我們生而有之?
近義:implication, incidence, outcome, outgrowth, produce, progeny
adj. 社會的,社會上的;交際的,社交的;群居的;合群的;
n. 聯誼會,聯歡會;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