Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority.

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human ['hjum?n] 詞頻1 詞根: hum
n. 人,人類; adj. 人的;有人性的;顯示人類特有弱點(diǎn)的;人本性的;
?? hum土,地+an名詞后綴,屬于...的,傳說(shuō)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(gè)比喻,把人的心臟比作水泵。
近義:mortal
dignity ['d?ɡn?ti] 詞頻2 詞根: dign
n. 尊嚴(yán);高尚;自豪;自尊;
?? dign值得,高貴+ity抽象名詞 → 威嚴(yán),莊嚴(yán)
"She always comports herself with great dignity."
她的舉止總是很端莊。
近義:honesty, honor, majesty, propriety, seemliness, stateliness 反義:humiliation, reproach, unworthiness, dishonourableness, defilement, disgrace
lonely ['lonli] 詞頻2
adj. 孤獨(dú)的,孤單的;寂寞的;荒涼的,幽靜的;在孤單中度過(guò)的;
?? lone孤獨(dú)的 + ly ...的 → a.孤獨(dú)的;荒涼的;寂寞的
"She lives alone and often feels lonely."
她孑然一身,常感到寂寞。
近義:lone, lonesome, reclusive, secluded, solitary
throughout [θr?'a?t] 詞頻1
prep. (表示時(shí)間)自始至終;在…期間;遍及…地域;遍及…場(chǎng)所; adv. 處處;始終;在所有方面;
?? through通過(guò)+out在外部 → 走到底最后到外面 → 遍及,到處
"His mother has been at his bedside throughout his illness."
在他生病期間,他母親一直守候在他床邊。
近義:off, outright, plumb, quite, roundly, thoroughly
achievement [?'t?ivm?nt] 詞頻2 詞根: 頭
n. 完成,達(dá)到;成就,成績(jī);
?? achieve 達(dá)成+ ment表示行為、行為的過(guò)程或結(jié)果 → n.成績(jī),成就;實(shí)現(xiàn),完成,達(dá)到
"the greatest scientific achievement of the decade"
這十年最偉大的科學(xué)成就
近義:hit, arrival, attainment, performance, prodigy, prowess 反義:infelicity, irregularity, lapse, miss, overthrow, shortcoming
majority [m?'d??r?ti] 詞頻1 詞根: maj
n. 多數(shù);(獲勝的)票數(shù);成年;法定年齡;
?? major主要的+ity表名詞 → 大多數(shù)
"The majority of people interviewed prefer TV to radio."
大多數(shù)接受采訪的人都喜歡看電視多于聽收音機(jī)。
近義:plurality, bulk 反義:nonage

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