In this present moment we are either smaller than we once were or else are on our knees.
?? 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
adj. 現(xiàn)在的;目前的;出席的;[語法學]現(xiàn)在時的;
n. 現(xiàn)在;禮物;瞄準;
?? pres前+ent名詞后綴 → 禮物，贈送物
"a belated birthday present"
遲來的生日禮物
近義：offer, award, proffer, promise, accord, bestow
反義：implement, materialize, obtain, attain, perform, prosecute
n. 瞬間，片刻;時刻;重要，緊要;[物]力矩;
?? mom(move)+ent(名詞后綴)→瞬間；片刻；重要
"The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up."
小丑一出現(xiàn)在舞臺上, 觀眾們個個笑得前俯后仰.
近義：instant, tick, time, while, bit, flash
反義：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife
adv. 一次，一趟;一倍;曾經(jīng);一旦;
conj. 一旦…就…;一經(jīng);
n. 一次，一回;
?? on=one一+ce次 → 一次
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
細菌一進入血液里，就附著在紅細胞表面上。
近義：heretofore, occasionally, onetime, previously, sometimes, thereinbefore
adv. 其他;否則;另外;
adj. 別的;其他的;
"That proposal is nothing else other than a patchwork."
那個建議只是一個大雜燴而已.
近義：other, otherwise, unequal, unlike, different, dissimilar