A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.
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n. 學問,學術,知識;
v. 學習(learn的現在分詞);
?? learn學習+ing行業,狀態,行為 →學問
"children learning addition and subtraction"
學習加減的兒童
近義:instruction, schooling, schoolteaching, teaching, training, tuition
反義:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
adj. 危險的;
?? danger危險+ous.....的 →危險的
"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:hazardous, jeopardous, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe
反義:innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless, secure, sure
vt. 使喝醉;使陶醉; 使激動不已; 使欣喜若狂;
?? in使+toxic有毒的+ate動詞后綴→使中毒,陶醉
"Wine has the power to intoxicate."
酒能醉人.
近義:inebriate, poison, empoison, envenom, evenom
adv. 大部分地,主要地;大規模地;豐富地;
?? large大的 + ly ...地 → ad.大部分;大量地
"The case against him was largely circumstantial."
對他不利的案情大多為間接推測的。
近義:mainly, mostly, principally, vastly, widely, thoroughly
反義:succinctly, briefly, concisely, concretely, definitively, finally
adj. 小的;瑣碎的;嬌小的;幼小的;
adv. 不多,略微;少許,一點;短時間地;
n. (表示否定)微少;沒有多少;短時間;
det. (數量上)微少的,少到幾乎沒有的;(a little)少量的,一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的裝腔作勢令她不快。
近義:minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
反義:large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
n. 事件,形勢;東西,事物;家伙;事業;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以過得下去。
近義:item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob