His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 優先，優先權;（時間，序上的）先，前;優先考慮的事;[數]優先次序;
?? prior優先+ity名詞后綴→優先(權),重點
"The development of the national economy is a top priority."
發展國民經濟是應予以最優先考慮的事.
近義：necessity, precedence, previousness, anteriority, necessary, preemptive
反義：subsequence, associate, attache, parallel, auxiliary, accessorial
vt. 印;給…以深刻印象;使銘記;
n. 印象;印記;
?? im進+press擠壓→壓進去→蓋印→印入頭腦→蓋印；感動
"The speaker tried hard to impress the audience but left them cold."
講演者試圖感動聽眾,但他沒有打動聽眾的心.
近義：imprint, print, stamp, enchase, engrave, etch
n. 了解，理解;知識（表示多方面的知識時有復數knowledges這一用法）;學科;見聞;
?? know知道+ledge框架 → 知識
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英語已經學得很好。
近義：idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
反義：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
adj. （方法、計劃、系統等設計得）萬無一失的，肯定成功的;
?? fool笨蛋+proof防...的 →錯不了的
"We're trying to work out a way to make the system foolproof."
我們正努力想辦法使這個系統簡單易操作.
反義：hellish, arduous, burdensome
v. 好像，仿佛;似乎;裝作;看來好像;
?? 看（see）上去模（m）糊:視乎- 似乎
"I seem to have accumulated a lot of books."
我好像已經收集了很多書。
近義：look, appear
vt. 教;教導，訓練;教授;
vi. 教書;
?? teacher（老師）一邊喝tea（茶），一邊teach（教）
"We will discuss what to teach during the next term."
我們將討論下學期要教什么.
近義：illustrate, indoctrinate, instruct, master, prepare, school
反義：know, acquire, develop