Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
— C. S. Lewis
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從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
n. 主題，話題;學科，科目;[哲]主觀;
adj. 須服從…的;（在君主等）統治下的;
v. 提供，提出;使…隸屬;
?? sub在…下面+ject投擲，扔→扔下去→服從的，扔下去讓大家討論的主題 → 主題，主觀；服從的
"She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father."
她正在為不得不向父親提出錢的事犯愁。
近義：overpower, subdue, subjugate, submit, subordinate, tyrannize
反義：loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate
adv. 無限地，無窮地;極其;
?? in 無 + fin范圍 + ite...的 + ly ...地→ 無限地, 無窮地
"Is God infinitely good?"
天主是全善的么？
近義：immeasurably, immensely, unmeasurably, boundlessly
反義：limitatively, onerously
adv. 否則;另外;別的方式;
adj. 別的，另外的;不同的;
conj. 否則，不然;
?? other另外的+wise方向，狀態 →要不然
"If he had done otherwise, I should have thought him a rascal."
如果他不這樣做, 我就認為他是個惡棍.
近義：other, unequal, unlike, different, dissimilar, diverse
反義：indeed, really, strictly, truly, actually
adv. 真，真正;實在，果真;實際上;事實上;
?? real真實的+ly表副詞 →真正地
"Tom was really hungry and ate up everything served."
湯姆確實餓壞了,把端到桌上的東西吃得精光.
近義：honestly, indeed, just, authentically, particularly, properly
反義：hypocritically, insincerely, lyingly, meretriciously, misleadingly, untruthfully
adj. 極大的;無法衡量的; 無限的;無窮盡的;
n. 無限的事物;無窮盡的事物; 上帝;
?? in無+fin結束，范圍+ite有...的 → 沒有范圍的 → 無限的
"The universe seems infinite."
宇宙似乎是無限的.
近義：infinity, boundlessness, illimitable, immeasurable, immense, incommensurate
反義：limited, qualified, constricted
v. 表示…的意思;意思是;打算;產生…結果;
adj. 吝嗇的;刻薄的;破舊的;殘忍的;
n. 平均數;中間;幾何平均;等比中數;
?? 他哭mean（意味著）想吃吃meat（肉）
"I don't mean to disparage your achievements."
我并不想貶低你的成就。
近義：hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, purport, signify
反義：humane, humanitarian, liberal, lofty, loose, loyal