Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,--'Wait and hope'.
— Alexandre Dumas
· Hope
?? 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
vi. 屈尊，俯就;
?? dign, dain 有價值得,高貴
"He doesn't deign to talk to unimportant people like me."
他不肯屈尊和像我這樣不重要的人說話.
近義：condescend, vouchsafe
vt. 顯露;揭露;泄露;[神]啟示;
n. 揭示，展現;[建]門側，窗側;
?? re相反+veal=veil蓋上→與掩蓋相反→揭露
"She doesn't reveal much of her inner self."
她不大流露她的內心自我。
近義：impart, insinuate, manifest, noise, preach, publish
反義：hide, mask, occult, screen, secrete, shade
n. 人，人類;
adj. 人的;有人性的;顯示人類特有弱點的;人本性的;
?? hum土,地+an名詞后綴，屬于...的，傳說人是由土造出的 → 人類
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老師打了個比喻，把人的心臟比作水泵。
近義：mortal
n. 智慧，明智;常識，好的判斷力;知識，學問;古訓;
?? wis=wise智慧的+dom狀態或領域 →智慧
"The received wisdom is that they cannot win."
大家一致認為他們不會贏。
近義：prudence, sageness, sanity, sensibleness, carefulness, discretion
反義：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
adj. 將來的，未來的;[語法學]將來時的;
n. 前途;[美國俚語]未婚妻;期貨;
?? futur- 【拉丁傳入法語】表示將來的某種狀態
"We all work hard in the interests of our future."
我們都為我們自己的將來而努力工作.
近義：next, oncoming, unborn, coming, forthcoming
反義：prior
prep. 到…為止;在…以前;
conj. 到…為止，在…以前;直到…才;
"I don't want to make an accusation until I have some proof."
我要有一些證據以后才提出控告。
近義：till, to, unto