True genius is always inborn and never cultivated, let alone learned.
?? 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. 天才;天賦;天才人物;(特別的)才能;
?? geni出生,產生+us用→生出[就有]→天才
"the genius of Shakespeare"
莎士比亞的天才
近義:sage, savant, intellect, intelligence, invention, knack
反義:idiocy, imbecility, inanity, asininity, ludicrousness, nonsense
adj. 單獨的;獨一無二的;獨自的;
adv. 單獨地;獨自地;孤獨地;只,只有;
?? al(all)+one→單獨的(地)(=quite by oneself)
"She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone."
她一想到獨自旅行的情景就害怕。
近義:isolated, lone, remote, secluded, sequestered, solitary
反義:joint
adj. 有學問的;博學的;學術上的;精通某門學問的;
v. 學習(learn的過去式和過去分詞);得知;
?? learn學習+ed形容詞后綴 → 有學問的;學術上的
"He has not yet learned how to be gracious in defeat."
他還沒有學會怎樣豁達大度地面對失敗。
近義:highbrow, informed, knowing, knowledgeable, lettered, literate
adj. 真正的;真實的;忠實的;正確的;
adv. 真正地;確實地;正確地;正當地;
n. 真理,真實;正,準,精確;
vt. 擺正;決定(某物)的位置以使其平衡、平穩或水平;
"A whale is a fish. True or false?"
鯨魚是魚,對還是錯?
近義:legitimate, original, authentic, real, sterling, truthful
反義:illegitimate, imitation, artificial, mock, phoney, phony
adj. 天生的,先天的,固有的;
"He is a man with an inborn love of joke."
他是一個生來就喜歡開玩笑的人.
近義:inbred, inbuilt, inherent, innate, congenital, born
adj. 耕種的;栽培的;有教養的;
v. 耕作(cultivate的過去式和過去分詞);促進增長;教養,改善;陶冶思想[感情]建立(友誼);
"The land around here has never been cultivated."
這一帶的土地從未開墾過。
近義:planted, ploughed, plowed, worked, cultivable, highbrow
反義:unploughed, untilled, artless, lurid, pedestrian, rank