There is no credulity so eager and blind as the credulity of covetness, which, in its universal extent, measures the moral misery and the intellectual destitution of mankind.
?? 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
adj. 普遍的,一般的;通用的,萬能的;全世界的;宇宙的;
n. [邏輯學(xué)]全稱命題;[哲學(xué)]一般概念;一般性;
?? uni 一個(gè) + vers=versus轉(zhuǎn)變 + al 具有...性質(zhì)的 →變成一個(gè)的→ adj. 普遍的, 全體的
"Education should be a universal right and not a privilege."
教育應(yīng)當(dāng)是全民的權(quán)利而非某部分人特別享有的。
近義:general, gp, oecumenical, cosmopolitan, ecumenical, overall
n. 程度;長度;廣大地域;扣押;
?? ex出+tent伸展;擴(kuò)大→伸出去的范圍 → 范圍;程度
"It is difficult to assess the full extent of the damage."
損失情況難以全面估計(jì)。
近義:largeness, magnitude, size, bigness, limits, outreach
adj. 道德的,道義上的;精神上的;無疑的,當(dāng)然的;教導(dǎo)道德的;
n. 寓意,教訓(xùn);(尤指男女間的)品行;格言;〈古〉相對(duì)者;
?? mor道德+al...的 → 道德的
"My sister came along just to give me some moral support."
我姐姐只是過來給我一些道義上的支持。
近義:parable, corollary, principled, righteous, deontological, ethical
反義:immodest, indecent, iniquitous, lewd, obscene, piacular
n. 痛苦;不幸;窮困;悲慘的境遇;
?? miser可憐的+y表名詞 → 可憐,可悲
"Fame brought her nothing but misery."
名聲只給她帶來了痛苦。
近義:anxiety, misfortune, mishap, pain, poverty, sorrow
反義:plenty, wealth, wealthiness, opulency, affluence
adj. 智力的;有才智的;需用智力的;智力發(fā)達(dá)的;
n. 知識(shí)分子;腦力勞動(dòng)者;有極高智力的人;憑理智(而非感情)辦事的人;
?? intellect智力+ual...的→ 智力的
"Some Americans see Oxford as an intellectual Disneyland."
一些美國人把牛津視為知識(shí)分子的樂園。
近義:highbrow, literatus, scholar, longhair, egghead
反義:ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninstructed
n. 人類;男性,男子;
?? man人+kind 種類→ n.人類
"the history of mankind"
人類的歷史
近義:humanity, humankind, humans, man, civilization
?? Joseph Conrad 的更多名言
"All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind."