No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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adj. 顯著的;引人注目的;容貌出眾的;嫵媚動人的;
v. 打( strike的現在分詞);擊;敲響;報時;
?? strik=strike攻擊+ing形容詞后綴 → 攻擊 → 惹人注目的
"She bears a striking resemblance to her older sister."
她酷似她姐姐。
近義：knock, knocking, pounding, rap, tapping, beating
n. 定罪;說服;確信;信念;
?? con全部+vict征服，戰勝+ion表名詞→定罪；堅信
"His conviction was later quashed by the Court of Appeal."
后來，上訴法院撤銷了對他的有罪判決。
近義：ideology, judgement, judgment, assurance, assuredness, notion
反義：hesitation, incertitude, indecision, indecisiveness, indefinition, indetermination
n. 虛榮，浮華;自負;空虛，無聊的事物;無價值的東西;
?? van空+ity表名詞→空虛
"A man's vanity is actually in proportion to his ignorance."
一個人的虛榮心實際上是和他的愚蠢程度成正比.
近義：immodesty, imperiousness, insolence, insolency, jactitation, arrogance
反義：humbleness, lowliness, meekness
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
adj. 公眾的，公共的;公開的;政府的;人人知道的，知名的;
n. 大眾;社會;公共場所;（文學家等的）愛讀者;
?? publ人民+ic...的 → 公開的，公眾的
"The public are requested not to throw waste paper in the park."
公眾被要求不得在公園里亂扔廢紙.
近義：assistance, attendance, audience, turnout, concurrence, concurrency
反義：participator, plaintiff, sharer, actor, inside, noteworthy
n. 圖書館，藏書樓;藏書;書屋，書齋;圖書出租處;
?? libr書，平衡+ary表地方→圖書館 ，如sanctuary圣堂，避難所
"The books in the library are classified according to subject."
圖書館的書按學科分類。
近義：bibliotheca, study, cabinet, den