That there should one Man die ignorant who had capacity for Knowledge, this I call a tragedy.

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ignorant ['?ɡn?r?nt] 詞頻2 詞根: i
adj. 無知的,愚昧的;由無知引起的;無學識的;
?? i=in不+gnor知道+ant...的 →無知的
"He's ignorant about modern technology."
他對現代科技一無所知。
近義:ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, silly, stupid, tomfool 反義:highbrow, initiate, sage, savant, scholar, stager
capacity [k?'p?s?ti] 詞頻2 詞根: 抓住
n. 容量;才能;性能;生產能力; adj. 充其量的,最大限度的;
?? cap拿,抓,握住+acity表名詞,有...傾向→拿住的能力→容量;才能
"We mustn't attempt unrestricted expansion regardless if it is within our capacity."
我們不能不顧自己的能力企圖無限制地發展.
近義:aptitude, aptness, potential, proficiency, skilfulness, skill 反義:impotence, inability, incapability, incompetence, incompetency, invalidity
knowledge ['nɑl?d?] 詞頻1 詞根: 知道
n. 了解,理解;知識(表示多方面的知識時有復數knowledges這一用法);學科;見聞;
?? know知道+ledge框架 → 知識
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英語已經學得很好。
近義:idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience 反義:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
tragedy ['tr?d??di] 詞頻2
n. 悲劇,慘劇;悲劇文學;悲劇理論,悲劇表演藝術;悲劇式作品;
?? trag 表”山羊”,后引申為”悲劇”(最開始的悲劇是撒克遜人的山羊劇)##ode, ody 【希臘傳入拉丁】表”歌,詩”#詞根助記:trag(=山羊)+edy=山羊之歌(古代羊人劇是悲劇的前身)=悲劇
"a leaning towards comedy rather than tragedy"
偏愛喜劇而不是悲劇
近義:holocaust, misfortune, calamity, catastrophe, debacle, disaster 反義:joy, bliss, blithe, felicity, godspeed, happiness
call [k?l] 詞頻1
v. 呼喚,喊叫;召喚,叫來,召集;下令,命令;打電話給; n. 喊叫,大聲喊;電話聯絡;必要,理由;要求;
?? c(形像電話筒)a11音“拷”,電話筒和手銬都有一個圓
"Don't give me any aggro or I'll call the police."
不要對我使用暴力,不然我就叫警察。
近義:phone, telephone, muster, page, summon, convene 反義:scare, shoo, ward, forfend, forefend, disband

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