Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.

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civilization [,s?v?l?'ze??n] 詞頻2 詞根: civilize
n. 文明,文化;開化,教化;修養;文明社會;
?? civil市民;禮貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明,文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已瀕臨毀滅的邊緣。
近義:humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
number ['n?mb?] 詞頻1 詞根: number
n. 數字;數量;號碼;編號; v. 標號;總計;把…算作;
?? numer, number 表示”數字”;”計算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
過去十年,農業從業人數已經下降。
近義:numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher 反義:remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
important [?m'p?rtnt] 詞頻1 詞根: ant
adj. 重要的;權威的;有勢力的;有地位的;
?? import重要的 + ant 具有...性質的 → a.重要的;有勢力的
"Earthworms do the important job of aerating the soil."
蚯蚓做了使土壤透氣的重要工作。
近義:appreciable, indispensable, interesting, landmark, major, material 反義:idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
perform [p?'f?:m] 詞頻1 詞根: 形式
vt.& vi. 執行;履行;表演;扮演; vt. 工作;做;進行;完成; vi. 運行,表現;(馴獸)玩把戲;
?? 完全(per)+形式(form):使形式完全一樣靠 執行
"to perform an autopsy"
進行尸體剖驗
近義:make, realize, accomplish, achieve, complete, do
thinking ['θi?ki?] 詞頻1
n. 思考;想法,思想;意見;見解; adj. 有思想的;有理性的; v. “think”的現在分詞;
"She's thinking about a career in banking."
她正在考慮從事銀行業。
近義:approach, judgement, judgment, notion, opinion, sentiment
advances
n. 作友好表示, 求愛, 獻殷勤\\n[機] 提早, 前進
近義:approaches, overtures, propositions

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