Real meaningful endeavours, the biggies in human existence, often require the sacrifice of others.
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n. 人,人類;
adj. 人的;有人性的;顯示人類特有弱點的;人本性的;
?? hum土,地+an名詞后綴,屬于...的,傳說人是由土造出的 → 人類
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老師打了個比喻,把人的心臟比作水泵。
近義:mortal
n. 存在,實在;生活,生活方式;實體,存在物;
?? ex出+ist站立+ence名詞后綴 →存在,生存
"belief in the existence of a benevolent god"
對于仁慈的神之存在的篤信
近義:presence, life, being
反義:inexistence, absence
vt. 要求;需要;想要;命令;
vi. 要求,規定;
?? re再+quire尋求,詢問→再尋求→請求
"My job is so repetitive, it does not require much conscious thought."
我的工作重復性很強, 不需要很多有意識的思考.
近義:involve, lack, necessitate, need, summon, take
反義:hold, own, possess, muster, meet, boast
n. 犧牲;獻祭,供奉;犧牲行為;[宗]基督的獻身;
vt.& vi. 犧牲,把…奉獻給…;廉價賣出;犧牲,獻祭;[棒]作犧牲打;
vt. 獻祭;奉獻;犧牲;虧本出售;
?? sacri神圣+fice做,制作→為神做的東西→犧牲,犧牲品
"The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality."
這一產品的制造商向我們保證說他們沒有犧牲質量。
近義:immolate, victimize, abnegate, immolation
反義:self, selfhood, egoism, egotism
adj. 真的;真實的,現實的;事實上的;真誠的;
adv. 真正,實在;確實地;
n. 實在,現實;實數;
"I made a real balls-up of my exams."
我考試考得一塌糊涂。
近義:legitimate, authentic, sterling, true, truthful, unfeigned
反義:imaginary, utopical, visional, chimeric, chimerical, dreamlike
meaningful
['mi:ni?ful]
adj. 意味深長的;有意義的;有意圖的;雋;
"They exchanged meaningful looks."
他們彼此意味深長地交換了一下眼色.
近義:indicative, key, representative, significant, significative, sensible
反義:illogical, inane, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, irrational