?? 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. 爭論,爭吵;論據;[數]幅角;主題,情節;
?? argu=argue爭論+ment表名詞 →爭論,辯論
"We had an argument with the waiter about the bill."
我們和服務員就賬單發生了爭吵。
近義:argue, propound, jangle, polemic, polemics, quarrel
反義:arrangement, negotiation, pact, bargain, settlement, treaty
n. 承認,自首;懺悔;供認狀;信條,教義;
?? con全部+fess說+ion表名詞 → 全部說出 → 坦白
"After hours of questioning by police, she made a full confession."
經過警察數小時的審問,她才供認了全部罪行。
近義:avowal, acceptance, shrift, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, admission
反義:rejection
adj. 智力的;有才智的;需用智力的;智力發達的;
n. 知識分子;腦力勞動者;有極高智力的人;憑理智(而非感情)辦事的人;
?? intellect智力+ual...的→ 智力的
"Some Americans see Oxford as an intellectual Disneyland."
一些美國人把牛津視為知識分子的樂園。
近義:highbrow, literatus, scholar, longhair, egghead
反義:ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninstructed
n. 無能為力;[醫]陽痿;陰痿;
?? im(not)+poten(powerful)+ce(名詞后綴)→無力;虛弱;陽痿
"His impotence to help made him despair."
他無力幫忙,感到很失望.
近義:incapacity, powerlessness, weariness, impotency, impotentness
反義:influence, arbitration, intensity, jurisdiction, mastery, might
intimidation
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n. 恐嚇, 威脅\\n[法] 恐嚇, 威脅
近義:cowardice, cowardliness, cowering, discouragement, fear, fright
反義:heart, impulsiveness, intrepidity, manliness, mettle, nerve