It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.
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adj. 好奇的; 好求知的;奇妙的; 稀奇的;
?? cur關心+ious….的→關心的，好奇的
"They were very curious about the people who lived upstairs."
他們對住在樓上的人感到很好奇。
近義：odd, peculiar, rare, strange, uncommon, unconventional
反義：artless, modest, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, average
n. （尤指宗教）信條，教義;主義，綱領;宗派;
?? creed(believe)→信條；（宗教）教條
"Other countries have adopted this political creed enthusiastically."
其他國家狂熱地采納了這一政治信條.
近義：religion, credo, faith
adv. 絕對地;完全地;毫無疑問地;[語]獨立地，分離地;
?? ab不+solute松開+ly...地→不松開地→絕對地
"He made it absolutely clear."
他把此事講得一清二楚。
近義：positively, quite, stark, thoroughly, totally, unconditionally
反義：likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly
pron. 任何人;任何一個;誰;
?? any任何+one一個→任何一個
"Older workers can be as adaptable and quick to learn as anyone else."
較年長的工人的適應能力和學習速度有時并不亞于其他任何人。
近義：any, anybody, one, somebody, someone, whoever
n. 事件，形勢;東西，事物;家伙;事業;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以過得下去。
近義：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
n. 天堂;伊甸園;樂園;極樂;
?? 怕了待死（諧音）：上 天堂 游行(parade)隊伍是(is) 天堂
"The ancient Egyptians saw paradise as an idealized version of their own lives."
古埃及人把天堂視為他們現實生活的理想形式。
近義：heaven
反義：inferno, hades