You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
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vt. 破壞,摧毀;消滅,殲滅(敵人);殺死;使失敗;
?? de壞+stroy=struct建造 → 毀壞,破壞
"It is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct."
誰都知道破壞容易建設(shè)難.
近義:shatter, impair, kill, mar, obliterate, rack
反義:mend, refit, repair, service, tinker
n. 文化;[生物學(xué)](微生物等的)培養(yǎng);修養(yǎng);養(yǎng)殖;
vt. 培植,培養(yǎng);
?? cult耕種,培養(yǎng)+ure抽象名詞→[對心靈的]培養(yǎng)→人類文化
"the otherness of an alien culture"
異域文化的不同情調(diào)
近義:incubate, breed, cultivate, hatch, socialize, civilise
反義:philistinism, barbarism, roughness
n. 人,人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于,布滿;使住滿人,在…殖民;把動物放養(yǎng)在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 閱讀;宣讀;讀物;讀數(shù);
v. 讀( read的現(xiàn)在分詞);看懂;理解;顯示,標明;
?? read閱讀+ing名詞后綴 → 閱讀
"He spent three years reading for a degree in history."
他花了三年時間攻讀歷史學(xué)的學(xué)位.
近義:lesson, perusal, read, recital, readout, result
vt.& vi.& link-v. (使)燃燒;
vt.& vi. 使用某物為燃料;燒毀;燒壞;燒傷;
n. 燒傷,燒痕;
?? 筆友(bu)的肉(r)幾乎(n)被 燒傷了
"The fire was allowed to burn unchecked."
大火肆虐,不受控制。
近義:parch, scorch, sear, singe, smoulder, swelter
反義:ice, nip, refrigerate, chill, congeal, cool
vi. 停止;中斷;逗留;(使)停止工作;
vt. 塞住;堵塞;阻撓;止付;
n. 停止;(管風(fēng)琴的)音栓;停車站;(管風(fēng)琴的)音管;
"A police car drew abreast of us and signalled us to stop."
一輛警車開過來與我們并排,示意我們停下來。
近義:impede, arrest, obstruct, paralyse, paralyze, stalemate
反義:implement, roll, start, action, activate, improve