Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.

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ignorance ['?ɡn?r?ns] 詞頻2 詞根: i
n. 無知,愚昧;蒙;
?? i不+gnor知道+ance名詞后綴 →無知,愚昧
"They were at last freed from the fetters of ignorance."
他們終于從愚昧無知的束縛中解脫出來。
近義:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness 反義:idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
preferable ['pr?fr?bl] 詞根: fer
adj. 更好的,更可取的;略勝一籌的;
?? prefer先拿來=更喜歡+able…的 → 更好的
"Anything was preferable to the tense atmosphere at home."
什么都比家里的緊張氣氛好。
近義:preferential, preferred, preferring, superior, best, better 反義:lousy, badder, baddest, punk, worst, awful
error ['?r?] 詞頻2 詞根: err
n. 錯誤,過失;[法]誤審,違法;[數(shù)]誤差;
?? err漫游,犯錯誤+or表名詞,物 → 錯誤
"The Kenyan athlete made a tactical error in starting too fast."
肯尼亞運(yùn)動員犯了戰(zhàn)術(shù)錯誤,起步時跑得太快.
近義:inaccuracy, lapse, miscalculation, misinformation, mistake, mistaking 反義:arrival, success, triumph, victory, achievement
remote [r?'mot] 詞頻2 詞根: mob
adj. (時間上)遙遠(yuǎn)的;遠(yuǎn)離的;遠(yuǎn)程的;微小的; n. 遠(yuǎn)程操作;遙控器; vt. 使…向遠(yuǎn)方延伸,把…延展到遠(yuǎn)處;
?? re回+mote移動→動回去→退回去→遙遠(yuǎn)的
"The remote desert area is accessible only by helicopter."
只有乘直升機(jī)才能進(jìn)入那遙遠(yuǎn)的荒漠地區(qū)。
近義:isolated, outlying, removed, retired, secluded, separate 反義:hither, immediate, near, nearby, neighboring, neighbouring
truth [tr?θ] 詞頻1
n. 真理;真相,事實(shí);忠實(shí),忠誠;現(xiàn)實(shí),現(xiàn)實(shí)性;
?? tru相信,真實(shí)+th抽象名詞 →事實(shí),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
less [les] 詞頻1
adj. 較少的(little的比較級);較小的;較次的,較劣的;較不重要的; adv. 較少地,較小地; prep. 減去;少掉;不足; n. 較少,較小;
"We aim to improve opportunities for the less advantaged in society."
我們的宗旨是為社會地位比較低下的人增加機(jī)會。
近義:least, lesser, minus

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