A man who works beyond the surface of things,though he may be wrong himself, yet he clears the way for others and may make even his errors subservient to the cause of truth.

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surface ['s?f?s] 詞頻1 詞根: fac
n. 表面;外觀,外表;地面。水面; vi. 浮出水面;在表面工作;顯露; vt. 使浮出水面;使成平面; adj. 表面的,外觀的;外表上的,平地上的;膚淺的;
?? sur超過,在上面+face臉面→表面
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
細菌一進入血液里,就附著在紅細胞表面上。
近義:appear, arise, loom, materialize, outcrop, rise
subservient [s?b:s?:vi?nt]
adj. 卑躬屈節的;有幫助的;充當下手的;馬屁精;
?? sub在下面,次一等+servi服務+ent形容詞后綴 → 屈從的,奉承的
"He was subservient and servile."
他低聲下氣、卑躬屈膝。
近義:noncommissioned, obliging, obsequious, attentive, passive, subaltern
truth [tr?θ] 詞頻1
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
beyond [b?'jɑnd] 詞頻1
prep. 超過;越過;那一邊;在…較遠的一邊; adv. 在遠處;在更遠處; n. 遠處;
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那條路經過村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近義:farther, further, off, out, outside, past
though [eo] 詞頻1
conj. 雖然,盡管;即使;縱然; adv. 可是,但是;不過;然而;話雖這樣說; prep. 但;
"He's the best teacher, even though he has the least experience."
他雖然經驗最少,卻是最出色的老師。
近義:however, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, tho', howbeit
wrong [r??] 詞頻1 詞根: wr-
adj. 有毛病的,失常的;錯誤的,不正確的;不好的,不公正的;反對的,相反的,顛倒的,背面的,里面的; adv. 不對,錯誤,失當;不好,不公正;逆,顛倒,翻轉;有毛病,不舒服; n. 過失,錯誤;不義的行為;不義行為;犯罪; vt. 委屈,無理地對待,誹謗;
?? 勿(w)容(rong)忍 錯誤的
"I got it wrong. It wasn't the red one but the blue one."
我弄錯了。不是紅的那個,是藍的那個。
近義:hurt, injure, insult, mistreat, offend, penalize 反義:heal, mend, rectify, reform, remedy, repair

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