It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars.

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truth [tr?θ] 詞頻1
n. 真理;真相,事實;忠實,忠誠;現實,現實性;
?? tru相信,真實+th抽象名詞 →事實,真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness 反義:hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
exactly [?ɡ'z?ktli] 詞頻1 詞根: ex
adv. 精確地;確切地;完全地,全然;恰恰;
?? ex出,出去+act行動,做+ly表示狀態、程度、方式、“...地” →精切的,精確地,恰好
"Good, you have exactly hit off the writer's style."
很好, 你已將那位作家的風格確切地刻畫出來了.
近義:identically, just, particularly, perfectly, precisely, properly 反義:inaccurately
time [ta?m] 詞頻1
n. 時間;時刻;時代;次; vt. 為…安排時間;測定…的時間;調準(機械的)速度;撥準(鐘、表)的快慢; vi. 合拍;和諧;打拍子; adj. 定時的;定期的;[美國英語]分期(付款)的; int. [體育]時間到,(一場或一局等的)比賽時限,暫停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能帶兩個。
近義:clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon
come [k?m] 詞頻1
vi. 來;開始;出現;發生; vt. 做;裝扮…的樣子;將滿(…歲); int. 嗨!;
"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:impersonate, perform, personify, portray, represent, stage 反義:leave, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, split
control [k?n'trol] 詞頻1 詞根: 轉動
vt. 控制;管理;限制;支配; n. 支配權;操縱者;(對國家、地區、機構等的)管理權;(鍵盤上的)控制鍵;
"The pilot was given clearance to land by air traffic control."
飛行員得到空中交通管制站發出的著陸許可。
近義:rig, manipulate, manage, operate, regulate, run 反義:obey, follow, heed, hold, honor, keep
controlled
a. 受約束的, 克制的\\n[法] 受管制的, 受控制的, 受管轄的
近義:controled, supervised, managed, regulated, restrained, codified 反義:insubordinate, loose, rampant, runaway, saturnalian, unbound

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