The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.
?? 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. 原子;原子能;微粒，微量;
?? a不+tom切割→不能在切割的小東西→原子
"the splitting of the atom"
原子的分裂
近義：monad
vt. 節省;保存;儲蓄;解救;
vi. 節省;挽救;救球;
prep.&conj. 除…之外;
n. 救援，救援;
?? save救助 → 挽救
"It was going to take some deft political footwork to save the situation."
當時得采取一些巧妙的政治手段以挽回局勢。
近義：liberate, rescue, salvage, emancipate, free, husband
反義：outlay, consume, deplete, disburse, dissipate, drain
n. 大災難;慘敗;悲劇的結局;地表突然而猛烈的變動，災變;
?? cata向下+strophe轉→轉下去→災難臨頭→災難，大禍
"Early warnings of rising water levels prevented another major catastrophe."
提前發出的洪水水位上漲警報防止了又一次的重大災害。
近義：apocalypse, holocaust, tragedy, calamity, cataclysm, debacle
n. [機]動力，功率;力量;政權，權力;強國，大國;
vt. 運轉;用發動機發動;使…有力量;
vi. 靠動力行進;快速行進;
adj. 權力的;機械能的，電動的;用電力（或動力）發動的;
"The engine is being specially adapted to increase its power."
正在對這臺引擎進行改裝以增加它的功率.
近義：move, operate, activate, actuate, energise, energize
反義：incapacity, powerlessness, weariness, impotency, impotentness, impossibility
n. 思考;想法，思想;意見;見解;
adj. 有思想的;有理性的;
v. “think”的現在分詞;
"She's thinking about a career in banking."
她正在考慮從事銀行業。
近義：approach, judgement, judgment, notion, opinion, sentiment
adv. 于是，因此;如此，這樣，像這樣，例如;到這程度，到這地步，這么;如下;
conj. 因此;
"Old people often try to economize on heating, thus endangering their health."
老年人常常想方設法節約用暖氣，結果損害了他們的健康。
近義：sic, so, that, this