What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it.
?? 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
n. 人類;男性，男子;
?? man人+kind 種類→ n.人類
"the history of mankind"
人類的歷史
近義：humanity, humankind, humans, man, civilization
adj. 悲劇的;悲慘的;
?? trag 表”山羊”,后引申為”悲劇”(最開始的悲劇是撒克遜人的山羊劇)
"The play is both comic and tragic."
這部劇既滑稽又悲慘。
近義：tragical
n. 自然;天性;天理;類型;
?? nat出生的+ure狀態→出生狀態→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
兩黨制的對抗性
近義：milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment
adj. 有意識的，神志清醒的;自覺的，有意的;（痛苦，感情，冷氣等）感覺得到的;同“self-conscious“;
?? con全部+sci知道+ous...的→知道的→有意識的；自覺的
"She's very conscious of the problems involved."
她完全意識到了所涉及的問題。
近義：sentient, knowing, mindful, attentive, awake, aware
反義：fainted
?? Joseph Conrad 的更多名言
"All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind."