In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.
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n. 神話;神怪故事;奇人,奇事;虛構(gòu)的人,虛構(gòu)的事;
v. 使神話化;
?? myst, myth 【希臘傳入拉丁】表”秘密”
"the murky borderland between history and myth"
歷史與神話之間的邊緣領(lǐng)域
近義:legend
反義:sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
n. 人,人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于,布滿;使住滿人,在…殖民;把動物放養(yǎng)在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 思想;想法;關(guān)心;思索;
v. 想( think的過去式和過去分詞);思索;以為;認為;
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義:idea, intent, meditation, mind, notion, pondering
反義:unintentional, unmeant, unwilled, unwitting, unwilling
n. 時間;時刻;時代;次;
vt. 為…安排時間;測定…的時間;調(diào)準(zhǔn)(機械的)速度;撥準(zhǔn)(鐘、表)的快慢;
vi. 合拍;和諧;打拍子;
adj. 定時的;定期的;[美國英語]分期(付款)的;
int. [體育]時間到,(一場或一局等的)比賽時限,暫停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能帶兩個。
近義:clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon
adj. 不能忍受的;無法容忍的;不堪的;難堪;
"The heat was intolerable."
炎熱讓人受不了。
近義:insufferable, insupportable, obnoxious, unbearable, unendurable, unmanageable
反義:livable, passable, acceptable, sufferable, supportable, sustainable