...a science is said to be useful if its development tends to accentuate the existing inequalities in the destribution of wealth, or more directly promotes the destruction of human life.
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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
adj. 有用的，有益的，有幫助的;令人滿意的;
?? use用+ful可…的” →有用的
"The memory expansion cards are useful adjuncts to the computer."
內存擴充卡是計算機很有用的附件。
近義：helpful, assistive, available, profitable, purposive, serviceable
反義：idle, inane, ineffective, insignificant, lousy, needless
n. 發展，進化;被發展的狀態;新生事物，新產品;開發區;
?? develop發展+ment表名詞 →發展發達，發展
"The development was bitterly opposed by the local community."
這一開發項目遭到了當地社區的憤怒抵制。
近義：progress, unfoldment, upgrowth, evolution, evolvement, growth
反義：backwardness, underdevelopment, atrophy, degeneracy, degeneration
vt. 強調，著重指出;重讀;給…加上重音符號;
?? accent強調+uate使，動詞后綴→一再唱出→強調
"Accentuate the word " accent " on the first syllable."
在 “ accent ” 一詞的第一個音節上加重音符號.
近義：heighten, increase, intensify, augment, sharpen, strengthen
反義：lessen, mitigate, moderate, attenuate, palliate, qualify
adv. 直接地;不久，立即;正好地，恰好地;坦率地;
conj. 一…就…;
?? di使...變成+rect直+ly…地 →direct直接的+ly...地 → 直接地
"My salary is paid directly into my bank."
我的工資直接撥到我的銀行。
近義：right, straight, straightaway, straightway, direct, openly
反義：surreptitiously, desguisedly, later, next, presently, shortly
n. 破壞，毀滅，消滅，滅亡，撲滅，驅除;摧毀;毀滅的原因，破壞手段;殺害;
?? de除去，取消，毀+struct結構，建造+ion→弄壞結構→破壞
"the destruction of the rainforests"
對熱帶雨林的破壞
近義：vandalism, sabotage, havoc, killing, liquidation, obliteration
反義：erection
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