Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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n. 智慧，明智;常識，好的判斷力;知識，學問;古訓;
?? wis=wise智慧的+dom狀態或領域 →智慧
"The received wisdom is that they cannot win."
大家一致認為他們不會贏。
近義：prudence, sageness, sanity, sensibleness, carefulness, discretion
反義：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
adj. 慷慨的，大方的;豐盛的;肥沃的;濃厚的;
?? gener出生，產生+ous形容詞后綴→[不斷]產生→豐富的，慷慨的
"It would be churlish to refuse such a generous offer."
拒絕這樣一個慷慨的提議未免失禮。
近義：humane, humanitarian, liberal, lofty, loose, loyal
反義：knavish, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious
impassioned
[?m'p??nd]
adj. 充滿激情的;熱烈的;感激的;慷慨激昂;
?? im加強+pass感情 +ion名詞后綴+ed...的→加強感情 → 充滿激情的
"She made an impassioned plea for help."
她懇切地求助。
近義：heated, hot, hotheaded, impetuous, ardent, livelier
反義：impassive, insensible, stolid, unappalled, unemotional, unmoved
adj. 引起爭論的，有爭論的;愛爭論的;愛議論的;矯情;
?? con(together)+tent(stretch)+ious(形容詞后綴)→好爭論的；愛爭辯的；足以引起爭辯的
"Abortion is a highly contentious issue."
墮胎是一個非常有爭議的課題.
近義：hostile, litigious, polemic, pugnacious, quarrelsome, trenchant
反義：hearty, hospitable, approachable, kind, kindly, likable
adj. 偉大的，杰出的;優異的，顯著的;很多的;重大的;
adv. [口語]很好地;令人滿意地，成功地，順利地;得意地;
n. 大人物們;偉大人物;重要人物，大師;名家;
?? 聯想：“貴的”就是偉大的 網友：12 補充：gr 工人 eat吃 解決工人吃飯問題，不就是偉大的問題。great 偉大
"According to Mick, it's a great movie."
據米克說，這是一部了不起的電影。
近義：super, awesome, cool, fine, large, big
反義：minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
adj. 不重要的;卑鄙的，小氣的;小的，一點點;小規模的;
n. [會]小額;佩蒂;廁所;
?? pet(寵物)+y(.的):像寵物一樣的- 細小的 小氣的
"The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier."
對一些瑣碎規定的取消使生活更自在了.
近義：idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, meaningless
反義：appreciable, indispensable, interesting, landmark, major, material