We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.
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n. 了解,理解;知識(shí)(表示多方面的知識(shí)時(shí)有復(fù)數(shù)knowledges這一用法);學(xué)科;見(jiàn)聞;
?? know知道+ledge框架 → 知識(shí)
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英語(yǔ)已經(jīng)學(xué)得很好。
近義:idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
反義:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
v. 知道;了解;認(rèn)識(shí);確信;
n. 知情;
?? 知道know的人愛(ài)說(shuō)自己不no知道
"Do you know your ABC?"
你認(rèn)識(shí)所有的字母嗎?
近義:learn, understand, get, cognize, comprehend, meet
adj. 小的;瑣碎的;嬌小的;幼小的;
adv. 不多,略微;少許,一點(diǎn);短時(shí)間地;
n. (表示否定)微少;沒(méi)有多少;短時(shí)間;
det. (數(shù)量上)微少的,少到幾乎沒(méi)有的;(a little)少量的,一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的裝腔作勢(shì)令她不快。
近義:minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
反義:large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
adj. 使人吃驚的,驚人的;
v. 使…詫異(astonish的ing形式);
"Borrowing is set to soar to an astonishing £60 billion."
借款很可能猛增至驚人的600億英鎊.
近義:marvelous, astounding, miraculous, remarkable, staggering, startling
反義:inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average
adv. 仍,仍然;更,還要;靜靜地;〈詩(shī)〉常,不斷地;
adj. 不動(dòng)的,靜止的;不狂暴的,溫柔的;沒(méi)有活力的,死氣沉沉的;
n. 平靜,寂靜;劇照;靜止攝影;蒸餾器;
vt.& vi. (使某物)平靜下來(lái),安靜;〈古〉燒(酒),蒸餾;
conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
盡管快80歲了,他還是十分活躍。
近義:hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify
反義:incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset
vt.& vi. 給予;贈(zèng)送;作出;
vt. 供給;產(chǎn)生;舉辦;(為購(gòu)買某物或做某事而)支付;
vi. (物體)塌下;讓步;
n. 伸展性,彈性;
?? 給吾(諧音): 給
"We'll give you a few minutes to play through."
我們?cè)俳o你幾分鐘時(shí)間讓你連續(xù)打下去.
近義:impart, minister, offer, award, present, procure
反義:attain, procure, purchase, reach, realize, secure