The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
?? 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. 蠢笨;愚行;諷刺劇;
?? fool(愚人)+y(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→愚笨；愚行
"an act of sheer folly"
純粹愚蠢的行動
近義：idiocy, muddleheadedness, nonsense, senselessness, stupidity, bullshit
反義：judgement, judgment, reasonableness, sageness, sanity, sensibleness
n. 發現，發覺;（劇情的）發展;被發現的事物;[法]顯示證據;
?? discover發現+y表名詞 →掀開 → 發現
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常認為，蒸餾法是阿拉伯人在11世紀發明的。
近義：invention, strike, disclosure, find, finding
n. 證明;校樣;檢驗;（酒的）標準酒精度;
adj. 防…的;抗…的;能抵御;能防范;
vt. 給（織物）做防護處理，使防水（或防火等）;印…的校樣;
vi. [印刷術] 校對;發酵;
?? prob, prov Prob, prov= test, 表示”測試,證明, 檢驗”
"The photo was final proof of her husband's infidelity."
這張照片最終證明了她丈夫的不忠.
近義：rainproof, seal, waterproof, proofread, subedit, edit
n. <貶>冗詞;贅語;用語;措詞;
?? verbi=verb詞+age年齡→上了年紀的人喜歡嘮叨→冗詞，廢話
"Slough off unimportant verbiage."
刪除無關緊要的空話.
近義：palaver, babbling, rigmarole, verbosity, wordiness, blab
n. 首都;資本;資源;大寫字母;
adj. 極好的;死刑的;資本的;首都的;
?? capit頭+al...的→頭的→首要的；首都；資本
"We feared that an advance on the capital would soon follow."
我們擔心接下來會馬上向首都推進。
近義：magnificent, outstanding, premier, prime, prize, superb
反義：little, miniature, miniscule, minuscule, minute, pokey
n. 反論，悖論;似非而是的論點;自相矛盾的人或事;[物]佯謬;
?? para在旁邊+dox觀點→觀點旁邊與之對立的觀點→謬論，悖論，怪論
"He was a paradox—a loner who loved to chat to strangers."
他真是個矛盾人物，生性孤僻卻又喜歡和陌生人閑聊。