Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.
?? 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. 社會的,社會上的;交際的,社交的;群居的;合群的;
n. 聯誼會,聯歡會;社交聚會;
?? soc社會+ial形容詞后綴 → 社會的
"political groups agitating for social change"
鼓吹社會變革的政治團體
近義:party, approachable, kindly, neighborly, neighbourly, personable
反義:sociopathic, dissocial
n. 歷史,歷史學;發展史;履歷,經歷;(某地的)沿革;
?? histor過去發生的事 + y 表名詞→ 歷史;個人經歷
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年諾貝爾文學獎得主為莫言,他“很好地將魔幻現實與民間故事、歷史與當代結合在一起”。
近義:archives, papers, past, background, record, records
adj. 西方的;歐美的;
n. 西部電影,西部小說;西方人;
?? west西方+ern...方向的 →西方的
"a country and western singer"
鄉村與西部音樂歌手
近義:westerner, occidental, west, westerly
反義:oriental, east, easterly, eastern
n. 世界;地球;領域;塵世;
?? 一句(l)話(word)講出 世界的本質
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一個突然變得陌生而危險的世界里,他是她唯一的守護神。
近義:humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe
prep. (表示方向)越過;(部份或全部覆蓋)在…上面;由于;(表示論及)關于;
adv. 結束;再;(倒)下;從一邊至另一邊;
adj. 過去的;外面的;在上的;上級的;
n. 額外;剩余;剩余(或多余)的量;剩余物;
int. [電信學]報文完,請回復!;
vt. 走過,跳過;[美國方言]從…恢復過來;
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府對核能的態度來了個180度的大轉變。
近義:above, on, up, regarding, relating, respecting
反義:under, below, beneath
adj. 過去的,以前的;結束的;前任的;
n. 過去,過往;往事;[語]過去時;
prep. 超過,超出;遠于;越過;
adv. 經過,超過;
?? past(過去的)已經pass(過去)
"She strode past him without a backward glance ."
她大步從他身邊走過,都沒有回頭瞧他一眼。
近義:preterit, preterite, history, background, record, form
反義:modern, newfangled, present, topical, contemporary, current