His intelligence seized on a subject, his genius embraced it, his eloquence illuminated it.
?? 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
n. 智力;聰穎;情報;情報機構;
?? intel在…中間+lig選擇，收集+ence名詞后綴→從中選出好的→智力
"She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence."
她利用她漂亮的外表來彌補智力的不足.
近義：aptness, intellect, invention, argument, knack, mentality
n. 主題，話題;學科，科目;[哲]主觀;
adj. 須服從…的;（在君主等）統治下的;
v. 提供，提出;使…隸屬;
?? sub在…下面+ject投擲，扔→扔下去→服從的，扔下去讓大家討論的主題 → 主題，主觀；服從的
"She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father."
她正在為不得不向父親提出錢的事犯愁。
近義：overpower, subdue, subjugate, submit, subordinate, tyrannize
反義：loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate
n. 天才;天賦;天才人物;（特別的）才能;
?? geni出生，產生+us用→生出[就有]→天才
"the genius of Shakespeare"
莎士比亞的天才
近義：sage, savant, intellect, intelligence, invention, knack
反義：idiocy, imbecility, inanity, asininity, ludicrousness, nonsense
n. 口才，辯才;雄辯;雄辯術;修辭法;
?? e出+loqu說話+ence名詞后綴 → 雄辯，口才
"I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts."
恐怕我的雄辯也無補于事實了.
近義：loquacity, oratory, rhetoric, speaking, speechmaking, fluentness
反義：laconicism, succinctness, terseness, brevity
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a. 被照明的, 受啟發的, 加了燈飾的, 加了彩飾的
近義：lamplit, lighted, lit, spotlit, clear
反義：somber, sombre, bistered, dim, dismal