The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.
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n. 真理;真相，事實;忠實，忠誠;現實，現實性;
?? tru相信，真實+th抽象名詞 →事實，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反義：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
adj. （級別、地位）較高的;（在質量等方面）較好的;（數量）較多的;上等的;
n. 上級;較好的人[事物]，優勝者;修道院院長;方丈;
?? super在上面+ior表形容詞，較...的 →在上面的，超越的
"vastly superior"
強得多
近義：head, provost, chairman, chief, director, higher
反義：servient, subaltern, subordinate, understrapper, wo, sub
pron. 某人，有人;
n. 大人物，重要的人物;
?? some 有些 +body 人→ pron.某人，有人
"There's always somebody at home in the evenings."
晚上總有人在家。
近義：heavy, heavyweight, hotshot, lion, mandarin, mogul
n. 貴族階級;高貴的身分[出身];高尚，崇高;莊嚴，雄偉;
?? nobil=noble高貴+ity表名詞→ 高貴
"The new merchant class was anxious for acceptance by the old nobility."
新興的商業階層渴望得到舊貴族的接納.
近義：loftiness, nobleness, chivalry, generosity, gentlemanliness, aristocracy
反義：plebeianism, commonality, mob, raff, ragtag, riffraff
adj. 以前的，從前的;在前的;前任的;
n. 模型，樣板;構成者，創造者;起形成作用的人;[無線]線圈架;
?? form=fore先前 + er表人\/物→前者
"A couple of them are former bosses."
有幾位是以前的上司或老板。
近義：onetime, back, preceding, previous, prior, old
反義：hindmost, last, latest, rearmost, utmost, aftermost
adj. 高尚的;貴族的;外表莊嚴和莊重的;表現出崇高的;
n. 尊貴的人;舊時在英國使用的金幣;
?? nob(高貴的)+le: 高尚的
"He died for a noble cause."
他為了高尚的事業而犧牲。
近義：hidalgo, aristocrat, nobleman, patrician, don, gentleman
反義：plebe, commoner, peeress, ignoble, lowly, proletariat