The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
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n. 悲劇,慘劇;悲劇文學(xué);悲劇理論,悲劇表演藝術(shù);悲劇式作品;
?? trag 表”山羊”,后引申為”悲劇”(最開(kāi)始的悲劇是撒克遜人的山羊劇)##ode, ody 【希臘傳入拉丁】表”歌,詩(shī)”#詞根助記:trag(=山羊)+edy=山羊之歌(古代羊人劇是悲劇的前身)=悲劇
"a leaning towards comedy rather than tragedy"
偏愛(ài)喜劇而不是悲劇
近義:holocaust, misfortune, calamity, catastrophe, debacle, disaster
反義:joy, bliss, blithe, felicity, godspeed, happiness
n. 人類;男性,男子;
?? man人+kind 種類→ n.人類
"the history of mankind"
人類的歷史
近義:humanity, humankind, humans, man, civilization
adj. 全部的;整個(gè)的;全體的;囫圇;
?? en進(jìn)+tire緊→全部靠緊,擠進(jìn)去→不遺留在外→完整的
"Throughout the entire altercation, not one sensible word was uttered."
爭(zhēng)了半天, 沒(méi)有一句話是切合實(shí)際的.
近義:integral, livelong, total, unabridged, uncut, undivided
n. 歷史,歷史學(xué);發(fā)展史;履歷,經(jīng)歷;(某地的)沿革;
?? histor過(guò)去發(fā)生的事 + y 表名詞→ 歷史;個(gè)人經(jīng)歷
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)得主為莫言,他“很好地將魔幻現(xiàn)實(shí)與民間故事、歷史與當(dāng)代結(jié)合在一起”。
近義:archives, papers, past, background, record, records
n. 道德;道德準(zhǔn)則;品德高尚的行為;道德觀;
?? mor 道德+ ality 表示狀態(tài)、情況、性質(zhì) → n. 道德,(行為等的)道德性;德行,品行;道德觀,道德規(guī)范
"Can all our efforts towards morality prevail over the forces of evil?"
我們?yōu)樘岢珎惱淼赖滤龅呐δ軌驊?zhàn)勝邪惡的力量 嗎 ?
近義:morals, ethic, ethics
反義:immodesty, impudicity, indecency, iniquity, nefariousness, obscenity
n. 宗教;支配自己生活的大事;教派;心愛(ài)的事物;
?? relig=rely依賴+ ion 名詞后綴 → 用來(lái)依賴的 → 宗教;宗教信仰
"Is there always a conflict between science and religion?"
科學(xué)和宗教信仰之間是否永遠(yuǎn)存在著沖突?
近義:creed, faith
反義:godlessness