Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes his aid against the other.... The prayers of both could not be answered--that of neither has been answered fully.
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prep. 反對;對…不利;緊靠;以防;
?? gain =against (反對)#詞根助記:反對
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票贊成,五人反對,兩人棄權。
近義:athwart, agin
neither
['nie?]
adj. (兩者)都不的;
pron. 兩者都不;
adv. 兩個都不;既不…也不;
conj. 也不;既不;
?? n(not)+either→既非;皆不;兩者都不
"Neither party is willing to compromise and herein lies the problem."
雙方都不愿意妥協,問題就在這里。
近義:no, either
反義:likewise, moreover, too, withal, besides, then
vt.& vi. 閱讀,朗讀;顯示;研究;看得懂;
vt. 顯示;閱讀;讀懂,理解;
n. 閱讀;讀物;讀書;里德(人名);
adj. 被朗讀的;博識的;博覽的;有學問的;
"When we read out 4.23, we say " four point two three "."
我們把4.23讀作 四點二三.
近義:say, perusal, reading, knowledgeable, learned, scholarly
vt. 祈禱,禱告;請求,懇求;央求;
vi. 祈禱;請;懇求;
?? 撲(p)在光線(ray)下 祈禱
"We pray to God to deliver us from evil."
我們祈求上帝把我們從罪惡中拯救出來.
近義:ask, order, tell, request, solicit
反義:apostatize, swear, curse, damn
adv. 充分地;完全地;足足;徹底地;
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他發覺自己醒了過來,而且高度警覺。
近義:liberally, off, outright, abundantly, plethorically, plumb
反義:insufficiently, scarcely, scrappily, skimpily, truncately, unexhaustively
n. 圣經;有權威的書;
?? 百寶(諧音) 圣經被奉為百寶書
"According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam."
根據《圣經》所說的,我們都是亞當的后裔.