It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.
?? 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
adj. 不能的,不會的;無能力的,不熟練的;不能勝任的;〈罕,詩〉弱,無力的;
?? un不+able形容詞后綴, 具有某種性質的 → 不能的, 不會的
"Hundreds of people were unable to gain admittance to the hall."
數以百計的人未能獲準進入大廳。
近義:incapable, incompetent, uncapable, unfit, unqualified, bumbling
vt. 想,設想;想像;料想,猜想;誤認為;
vi. 想象;猜想,推測;
?? imag=image圖像+ine...的→有關圖像的→想象
"Imagine my amazement when a 70 - year - old man beat me at tennis."
在網球賽中,我竟被一位70高齡的老人擊敗,請想像一下我當時的驚愕狀態.
近義:ideate, picture, suppose, understand, visualise, visualize
adv. 可能地;也許,或許;敢是;容許;
?? poss可能+ibly...地→可能地;也許
"It was possibly their worst performance ever."
這也許是他們迄今為止最糟糕的表現。
近義:likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, presumably, probably
反義:assuredly, absolutely, positively, quite, surely, thoroughly
bigotry
['b?ɡ?tri]
n. 偏執,頑固,偏執的行為;盲從;
"A cancer of bigotry spread through the community."
一種頑固的社會惡習擴散到整個社區.
近義:zealotry, churchiness, fanaticalness, fanaticism
adj. 某一;必然的;已確定的;
pron. [動詞用復數]某些;
"Federal courts have a certain cachet which state courts lack."
聯邦法院有某種州法院所缺乏的特別的東西.
近義:some, inarguable, indisputable, indubitable, invariable, irrefragable
反義:neither, implausible, improbable, uncertain, unlikely, avoidable
adv. 立刻,馬上;向右,右邊;恰當地;一直;
adj. 右方的;正確的;合適的;好的,正常的;
n. 正確,正當;右邊;權利;右手;
vt. 糾正;扶直,使正;整理;補償;
vi. (船舶等)復正,恢復平穩;
?? 請把名字寫(write)在右邊(right)
"Is the coffee all right?"
這咖啡還滿意嗎?
近義:avenge, vindicate, wreak, mend, rectify, reerect
反義:counterfeit, fake, forge, obstriction, pledge, responsibility