One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.
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?? 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. 人，人類;
adj. 人的;有人性的;顯示人類特有弱點(diǎn)的;人本性的;
?? hum土,地+an名詞后綴，屬于...的，傳說(shuō)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(gè)比喻，把人的心臟比作水泵。
近義：mortal
n. 意見，主張;評(píng)價(jià);鑒定，判定;
?? opin- 表”假設(shè),想,判斷”
"The general opinion is that the conference was a success."
普遍認(rèn)為這次會(huì)議是成功的。
近義：judgement, judgment, notion, persuasion, sentiment, tenet
n. 智慧，明智;常識(shí)，好的判斷力;知識(shí)，學(xué)問(wèn);古訓(xùn);
?? wis=wise智慧的+dom狀態(tài)或領(lǐng)域 →智慧
"The received wisdom is that they cannot win."
大家一致認(rèn)為他們不會(huì)贏。
近義：prudence, sageness, sanity, sensibleness, carefulness, discretion
反義：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
n. 理由;原因;理性;理智;
vt.& vi. 推理，思考;爭(zhēng)辯;辯論;向…解釋;
?? 再（re）生一個(gè)（a）兒子(son)， 理由是第一個(gè)兒子夭折了
"The reason for the flood was that heavy rain."
水災(zāi)是那場(chǎng)大雨造成的.
近義：ratiocinate, think, conclude, deduce, deduct, motivation
反義：idiocy, applesauce, imbecility, inaccuracy, inanity, mistake
n. 賽跑;人種;競(jìng)爭(zhēng);民族;
v. 參加比賽;快速移動(dòng);空轉(zhuǎn);
?? 比賽跑（r=run）第一（ace，撲克a）
"Much to his chagrin, he did not win the race."
使他大為懊惱的是他賽跑沒獲勝.
近義：hurry, nip, run, scurry, speed, sprint
反義：pace
pron. (it的反身形式);它自己，它本身;自身，本身;
"The human race has enough weapons to annihilate itself."
人類有足夠的武器滅絕自己。
近義：herself, himself, oneself, themselves, yourself, yourselves