When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.
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adj. 無(wú)知的，愚昧的;由無(wú)知引起的;無(wú)學(xué)識(shí)的;
?? i=in不+gnor知道+ant...的 →無(wú)知的
"He's ignorant about modern technology."
他對(duì)現(xiàn)代科技一無(wú)所知。
近義：ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, silly, stupid, tomfool
反義：highbrow, initiate, sage, savant, scholar, stager
adv. 幾乎不;簡(jiǎn)直不;剛剛;嚴(yán)厲地，粗魯?shù)?
?? hard艱難 + ly...地→ ad.幾乎不，簡(jiǎn)直不
"Their new manifesto hardly threatens to bring the whole edifice of capitalism crashing down."
他們新的宣言聲稱要摧毀整個(gè)資本主義大廈，這是不可能的。
近義：approximately, insufficiently, narrowly, nearly, barely, roughly
反義：just, plainly, readily, simply, effortlessly
adj. 有學(xué)問(wèn)的;博學(xué)的;學(xué)術(shù)上的;精通某門學(xué)問(wèn)的;
v. 學(xué)習(xí)(learn的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞);得知;
?? learn學(xué)習(xí)+ed形容詞后綴 → 有學(xué)問(wèn)的；學(xué)術(shù)上的
"He has not yet learned how to be gracious in defeat."
他還沒有學(xué)會(huì)怎樣豁達(dá)大度地面對(duì)失敗。
近義：highbrow, informed, knowing, knowledgeable, lettered, literate
num. 十四;十四個(gè);第十四;
n. 十四的記號(hào);十四歲;十四點(diǎn)鐘;十五世紀(jì);
?? four四+teen十 → 十四
"A group of students filed in, fourteen or fifteen all told."
一隊(duì)學(xué)生魚貫而入, 共有十四五個(gè)人.
n. 二十，二十個(gè);二十多歲;二十年代;許多，大量;
num. 二十;
adj. 二十的;
?? twen=two二+ty十 → 二十
"The farmer picked twenty pears."
農(nóng)民摘掉了二十個(gè)梨子。
n. 父親;祖先;（尤指天主教和東正教的）神父;天父;
vt. 成為父親;創(chuàng)立（新思想）;創(chuàng)造;發(fā)明（新方法）;
?? 她的（her） 父親很胖（fat） 網(wǎng)友：ＢＯＢ 補(bǔ)充：分解：胖胖的（fat）坐在椅子（h象形）上的那個(gè)人（er表示人）是我的父親
"his father's agonizing death"
他父親極度痛苦的死
近義：reproduce, breed, adopt, ingenerate, sire, beget
反義：boy, child, descendant
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"Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours."