Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.
?? 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
prep. 反對;對…不利;緊靠;以防;
?? gain =against (反對)#詞根助記：反對
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票贊成，五人反對，兩人棄權(quán)。
近義：athwart, agin
pron. 他[她，它]們自己;他們親自;“himself”的復數(shù);“herself”的復數(shù);
?? them他們+selves自己的復數(shù) → 他們自己,
"All our officers are trained to defend themselves against knife attacks."
我們所有的警察都接受過自衛(wèi)訓練，能夠?qū)Ω冻值兑u擊。
近義：herself, himself, itself, oneself, them, yourself
vi. 爭奪;競爭;奮斗;爭斗;
vt. 聲稱，主張;爭論，爭辯;斗爭，戰(zhàn)斗;
?? con一起+tend延伸→一起你拉我奪→爭論
"I would contend that the minister's thinking is flawed on this point."
我倒認為部長的想法在這一點上有漏洞。
近義：hold, reckon, maintain, say, believe, adjudge
adj. 徒勞的;自負的;無結(jié)果的;無用的;
?? vain(empty)→無效的；空虛的
"She's just a vain, foolish woman."
她不過是個愚蠢自負的女人。
近義：immodest, infatuated, inflated, insolent, arrogant, assuming
反義：low, lowly, meek, mild, modest, unassuming
stupidity
[stju'piditi]
n. 愚蠢;愚行;蠢事;蠢話;
"I couldn't believe my own stupidity."
我干的蠢事我自己都不能相信。
近義：idiocy, imbecility, inanity, asininity, ludicrousness, nonsense
反義：aptness, intellect, invention, argument, knack, mentality