It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
— Arnold Toynbee  ·  Goals

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important [?m'p?rtnt] 詞頻1 詞根: ant
adj. 重要的;權(quán)威的;有勢(shì)力的;有地位的;
?? import重要的 + ant 具有...性質(zhì)的 → a.重要的；有勢(shì)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
principle ['pr?ns?pl] 詞頻1 詞根: prin
n. 原則，原理;準(zhǔn)則，道義;道德標(biāo)準(zhǔn);本能;
?? prim, prin 表”首先的,領(lǐng)頭的”
"They are agreed in principle but not in detail."
他們的看法在大體上是一致的,但是在細(xì)節(jié)上有所不同.
近義：law, axiom, rule, tenet, motive, point
likely ['la?kli] 詞頻1
adj. 可能的;適合的;有希望的; adv. 可能;或許;大概;多半;
?? like可能 + ly...的\/地 → a.可能的 ad.很可能
"Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble."
這種糕餅用米粉做不那么容易碎。
近義：inclined, apt, liable, ostensible, plausible, possible 反義：imaginary, implausible, improbable, unbelievable, uncertain, utopical
ambitious [?m'b???s] 詞頻2 詞根: it
adj. 有雄心的;有野心的;費(fèi)力的;耗資的;
?? amb大+it行走+ious形容詞后綴 → 大步向前走的 → 有雄心的
"a fiercely ambitious young manager"
雄心勃勃的年輕經(jīng)理
近義：aspiring, materialistic, avaricious, possessive, pushful, thrusting 反義：humane, humanitarian, liberal, lofty, loose, loyal
paradoxical [p?r?'d?ksik?l]
adj. 矛盾的;反常的，荒謬的;反論的，反面議論的;似非而是的;
"He is a paradoxical aesthete as well as a paradoxical moralist."
他是一個(gè)矛盾的唯美主義者,同時(shí)他更是一個(gè)矛盾的道德家.
近義：antinomic, antinomical, puzzling, contradictive
profoundly [pr?'fa?ndli] 詞頻4
adv. 深深地;深切地;深刻地;極度地;
"We are profoundly affected by what happens to us in childhood."
童年發(fā)生的事深深地影響著我們。
近義：abysmally, deep, deeply

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