Los Angeles seems endlessly held between these extremes: of light and dark - of surface and depth. Of the promise, in brief, of a meaning always hovering on the edge of significance.
— Unknown
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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. 表面;外觀，外表;地面。水面;
vi. 浮出水面;在表面工作;顯露;
vt. 使浮出水面;使成平面;
adj. 表面的，外觀的;外表上的，平地上的;膚淺的;
?? sur超過，在上面+face臉面→表面
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
細菌一進入血液里，就附著在紅細胞表面上。
近義：appear, arise, loom, materialize, outcrop, rise
n. 深度;深處，深海;深奧，奧妙;進深;
?? dep=deep深的+th抽象名詞 →深度
"What's the depth of the water here?"
這兒的水有多深？
近義：profundity, deepness, inwardness, profoundness
vt. 允諾，許諾;給人以…的指望或希望;
vi. 許諾;有指望，有前途;
n. 許諾;希望，指望;允諾的東西;
?? pro前面+mise送，放出→在做事前送出的話→允諾
"If you make a promise you should fulfill it."
如果你許諾了,你就要履行你的諾言.
近義：assure, pledge, vow, offer, present, proffer
反義：recede, recoil, retire, retreat, withdraw, blench
n. 意思，意義;含義;意圖;
adj. 有意思的;意味深長的;
vt. 意味(mean的現在分詞);意思是;
?? mean 意思+ ing 表示行為、狀態、情況及其他 → n.意義，意思；意圖
"contextual clues to the meaning"
上下文提供的理解其含義的線索
近義：import, purport, purposefulness, sense, significance, significancy
n. 意義;意思;重要性;
?? sign記號，信號+ific產生…的+ance名詞后綴→帶有信號→重要；意義
"a decision of major political significance"
具有重大政治意義的決定
近義：import, meaning, purport, purposefulness, sense, significancy
反義：nonissue, pinhead, smallness, trifle, insignificancy
adv. 無窮地，繼續地，永久地;不已;不休;
"They talked endlessly about beet and cattle feed."
他們就甜菜和牛飼料的話題談個沒完.
近義：incessantly, interminably, permanently, perpetually, steadily, unceasingly