Let us overthrow the totems, break the taboos. Or better, let us consider them cancelled. Coldly, let us be intelligent.
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vt. 打倒,推翻;使屈服,征服;使瓦解;撞倒;
n. 推翻,打倒;打翻;傾倒;[棒]投得過高的球;
?? over顛倒,反轉+throw扔,拋→將舊的扔出去使之顛倒→推翻,打倒
"The overthrow of the military regime was followed by a period of anarchy."
軍事統治政權被推翻以后,接著是一段時期的無政府狀態。
近義:overturn, subvert, topple, tumble, uncrown, unseat
vt.& vi. 考慮;把(某人,某事)看作…,認為(某人,某事)如何;考慮,細想;
vt. 考慮;認為;看重;以為;
vi. 仔細考慮;深思;
?? con共同+sid坐+er表名詞→坐在一起思考→考慮
"They consider him to be nothing but an imposter."
他們認為他不過是個騙子而已.
近義:hold, assume, mull, opine, perpend, ponder
反義:ignore, neglect, overleap, overlook, overrule, pass
adj. 聰明的;理解力強的;有智力的;[計]智能的;
?? intellig知識界 + ent表示具有...性質的 → 智能型的;有才智的,聰明的
"You're too intelligent to fall for his flattery."
你很聰明,不會受他的阿諛奉承所惑。
近義:logical, astute, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, practical
反義:idiot, idiotic, ignorant, moronic, naive, noodleheaded
vt. (使)破;打破(紀錄);(常指好天氣)突變;開始;
vi. (嗓音)突變;突破;破曉;(價格)突然下跌;
n. 破裂;中間休息;間斷;短假;
?? 把一塊bread(面包)從中間break(折斷) 面包(bread)殼(k)被 打破
"the break-up of their marriage"
他們婚姻的破裂
近義:debilitate, bankrupt, rupture, sever, shatter, smash
反義:mend, patch, refit, refurbish, rehabilitate, remodel
adj. 較好的;更合適的;能力更強的;好轉的;
adv. 更好地;更妥;更;
v. 勝過;上進;
n. 更好者;更有才智者;
"We're hoping for better weather tomorrow."
我們希望明天天氣轉好。
近義:improve, perfect, upgrade, meliorate, complete, enrich
反義:intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, lousy
adv. 冷地;冷淡地;不友好地;冷靜地;
"She surveyed him coldly with eyes that spat venom."
她冷眼打量著他,眼睛冒出怨毒的兇光.
近義:hieratically, icily, impassively, insensately, insensibly, insensitively
反義:heartedly, ingratiatingly, lovingly, tenderly, warmly, caressingly