The conquest of the earth... is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only... not a sentimental pretense but an idea.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 征服，擊敗;戰利品;（尤指）愛情的俘虜;贏得（物）;
?? con全部+quest尋求，詢問 →征服
"Steve seems to have made a real conquest of Lily. They're always together."
史蒂夫好像真的贏得了莉莉的芳心. 他們總是在一起.
近義：triumph, vanquishing, victory, win, vanquishment, conquering
反義：overthrow, rout, thrashing, trimming, whipping, beating
n. 地球;陸地;泥土;獸穴;
vt. 把（電線）接地;蓋（土）;追趕入洞穴;
vi. 躲進地洞;
?? 耳屎(諧音):耳朵屎長得有點像 泥土-泥土當然長在 地球上啦 ear(耳朵)+t(植物)+h(動物):聽到感受到的一切之所在- 地球
"I rammed down the earth around the newly - planted tree."
我將新栽的樹周圍的土搗硬.
近義：ground, hill, mound, bank, plains, mainland
adj. 漂亮的;機靈的，聰明的;
adv. 相當，頗;
n. 漂亮的人（或東西）;
"Two days after the accident she still looked pretty banged up."
事故過去兩天后她看上去傷勢仍然很重。
近義：lovable, lovely, neat, nice, smart, super
反義：homely, inartistic, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely
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
vt.& vi. 看，瞧;
vi. 注意;面向;尋找;看起來好像;
n. 看;（尤指吸引人的）相貌;眼神;樣子;
int. （插話或喚起注意）喂，聽我說;
?? l(棍)+oo(雙眼)+k(開):掙開雙眼搜索棍- 看
"That uniform makes the guards look absurd."
警衛們穿著那種制服看起來怪模怪樣的。
近義：appear, seem, see, appearance, image, area
n. 主意，想法;[哲]理念，觀念;[樂]樂句;模糊想法;
?? dear(親愛的），你有什么好idea(主意）
"How does the idea of a holiday in Spain grab you?"
你對于到西班牙去度假這個主意感興趣 嗎 ?
近義：intent, knowledge, notion, purpose, think, thought
?? Joseph Conrad 的更多名言
"All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind."