Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
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?? 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. 耐心，耐性;忍耐;單人紙牌游戲;
?? pati忍受 + ence表示性質、狀態 → n.忍耐，容忍，耐心
"Everyone admired her patience and unfailing good humour."
人人都佩服她的耐心和永不衰減的好脾氣。
近義：resignation, accordance, acquiescence, compliance, conformance, conformity
反義：restlessness, unrest
adj. 溫和的;文雅的;高尚的;
vt. 使溫和;使馴服;
n. 蛆;餌;
?? gen “出生,種族”#詞根助記：gen+tle→出身好的→高雅的
"a quiet and gentle man"
溫文爾雅的男士
近義：master, tame, break, domesticate, mellow, mild
反義：impolitic, inconsiderate, loutish, randy, rank, raw
n. 尺;直尺;統治者;
?? 后綴:er 表示物(與某事有關之物)或動物
"This is a ruler graduated in both inches and centimetres."
這是一把刻有英寸和厘米的尺子.
近義：lawgiver, lawmaker, legislator, monarch, potentate, sovereign
n. 舌頭，喙;語言，方言;演說，鞋舌;[復]口才;
vt. 用舌吹;舔;嵌接;[古]批評，指責;
vi. 吹奏（管樂器）;運用舌法發音;突出;
?? 燙(諧音):燙 舌頭 tongue=tone音調-音調取決于 舌頭
"I dislike the man; he has such a sharp tongue."
我不喜歡這個人, 他愛說刻薄挖苦的話.
近義：lick, tab, tang, flap, idiom, language
vt. （使）破;打破（紀錄）;（常指好天氣）突變;開始;
vi. （嗓音）突變;突破;破曉;（價格）突然下跌;
n. 破裂;中間休息;間斷;短假;
?? 把一塊bread(面包)從中間break(折斷) 面包(bread)殼(k)被 打破
"the break-up of their marriage"
他們婚姻的破裂
近義：debilitate, bankrupt, rupture, sever, shatter, smash
反義：mend, patch, refit, refurbish, rehabilitate, remodel
n. 骨頭;尸骨;骨質物;有…樣的骨頭的;
vt. 挑魚刺，剔骨頭;剔去…的骨;
vi. 苦學;專心致志;
?? b(boy)+one(一):男人身上多一根 骨頭
"A bone in my spine was out of alignment ."
我的脊椎骨有一節脫位。
近義：osseous