Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
?? 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. 學問，學術，知識;
v. 學習(learn的現在分詞);
?? learn學習+ing行業,狀態，行為 →學問
"children learning addition and subtraction"
學習加減的兒童
近義：instruction, schooling, schoolteaching, teaching, training, tuition
反義：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
adj. 必須做的，強制性的;義務的;必修的;
?? com共同+puls驅動，推+ory...的→強制性的
"Attendance at these lectures is not compulsory."
這些課不是硬性規定要聽的。
近義：mandatory, necessary, needful, obligated, obligatory, obliged
反義：optional
neither
['nie?]
adj. （兩者）都不的;
pron. 兩者都不;
adv. 兩個都不;既不…也不;
conj. 也不;既不;
?? n(not)+either→既非；皆不；兩者都不
"Neither party is willing to compromise and herein lies the problem."
雙方都不愿意妥協，問題就在這里。
近義：no, either
反義：likewise, moreover, too, withal, besides, then
n. 幸存，生存;幸存者;遺物;遺風;
?? sur=super超過+viv活+al名詞后綴→經過事故活著→幸存
"The doctor told my wife I had a fifty - fifty chance of survival."
醫生告訴我的妻子,說我活下去的可能性只有50%.
近義：livelihood, subsistence, survivorship, sustenance
反義：killing, liquidation, obliteration, dejection, destruction, elimination