The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
?? 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. 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
n. 文明,文化;開化,教化;修養;文明社會;
?? civil市民;禮貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明,文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已瀕臨毀滅的邊緣。
近義:humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
adj. 非常寶貴的;無法估計的;無價的;金不換;
?? in不+valu價值+able形容詞后綴→無法估價的
"The book will be invaluable for students in higher education."
這本書對于高校學生將有重大價值。
近義:imponderable, incalculable, inestimable, priceless, uncounted, unfathomable
反義:assessable, measurable, ratable, taxable, excisable
adj. 極端的,非常的;致命的,致死的;非常有效的;如死一般的;
adv. 極其,非常;死了一樣地;
?? dead死 + ly如...的、有...特征的、→ 致死的,致命的;極度的,十足的
"Greed is one of the seven deadly sins ."
貪婪是七罪宗之一。
近義:lethal, mortal, noxious, poison, poisoning, poisonous
反義:nonmalignant
adj. 全部的,所有的;完整的;
n. 整體,整個;全部;
?? who(誰)+le(樂): 整個的 用W去堵洞(hole)不就變成 整個的了嗎?
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整棟大樓很快就熊熊燃燒起來。
近義:totality, unity, continuum, entirety, intact, integral
反義:quota, share, slice, imperfect, sketchy, unaccomplished
n. 第一,最初;頭等;一號,;[樂]高音部;
adv. 最早,最初;首次;寧愿;優先;
adj. 第一流的;最初的,最早的;基本的,概要的;高音的;
num. 第一;
?? 泰森 第一拳(fist)打在稻草(r)人身上,訓練
"Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper'On Narcissism '."
弗洛伊德在他的論文《論自戀》中首次提到了這個概念.
近義:initial, beginning, prime, foremost, initiative, preliminary
反義:hindermost, hindmost, latest, latter, rearmost, utmost