The ancestor of every action is a thought.
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n. 祖先，祖宗;被繼承人;原型;（動物的）原種，先祖;
?? an=ante前，先+cest=cess行走，前進+or表人→走在前面的人→祖先
"This machine is the ancestor of the modern computer."
這臺機器是現代電腦的始祖.
近義：ascendant, parent, progenitor, forebear, predecessor, elder
反義：kin, offspring, son, boy, issue, scion
n. 行動，活動;功能，作用;手段;[法]訴訟;
?? 后綴:ion 構成抽象名詞,表示行為,行為的結果
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使這些美麗的動物能生存下去，現在就要行動起來。
近義：movement, advance, implement, start, activate, proceeding
反義：inactivity, ineffectiveness, inertia, rest, inactiveness
n. 思想;想法;關心;思索;
v. 想( think的過去式和過去分詞);思索;以為;認為;
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義：idea, intent, meditation, mind, notion, pondering
反義：unintentional, unmeant, unwilled, unwitting, unwilling