Instead of fulfilling the promise of infinite orgasmic bliss, sex in the America of the feminine mystique is becoming a strangely joyless national compulsion, if not a contemptuous mockery.
— Betty Friedan
· Sex
?? 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
vt. 允諾，許諾;給人以…的指望或希望;
vi. 許諾;有指望，有前途;
n. 許諾;希望，指望;允諾的東西;
?? pro前面+mise送，放出→在做事前送出的話→允諾
"If you make a promise you should fulfill it."
如果你許諾了,你就要履行你的諾言.
近義：assure, pledge, vow, offer, present, proffer
反義：recede, recoil, retire, retreat, withdraw, blench
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(jié)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
adj. 有女性氣質(zhì)的;女子氣的;[語]陰性的;陰柔的;
n. 女性;溫柔的女性;[語]陰性，陰性詞;
?? femin女+ine…的→女性的，婦女的
"That dress makes you look very feminine."
那件衣服你穿起來很有麗人風(fēng)韻。
近義：womanly, womanish, womanlike
反義：neutral, lionhearted, macho, male, manful, mannish
adj. 國家的;國有的;國民的;民族主義的;
n. [常用復(fù)數(shù)]全國性比賽;某國國民;全國性報刊;（機構(gòu)等的）全國總部;
?? nat出生的+ion名詞后綴+al...的 →出生地的 →國家的，民族的
"the National Sound Archive"
國家音響檔案館
近義：citizen, native, inland, domestic
反義：outlander, outsider, stranger, alien, newfangled, outlandish
n. 強迫;強制;沖動;打動人的力量;
?? com共同+puls驅(qū)動，推+ion名詞后綴→共同推→強制
"You are under no compulsion to pay immediately."
沒有人強迫你立刻付款。
近義：mania, obsession, addiction, dependence, fixedness
反義：apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, lassitude
adj. 蔑視的，鄙視的;
?? contempt藐視+uous....的 →瞧不起人的
"She gave him a contemptuous look."
她鄙夷地看了他一眼。
近義：recalcitrant, unruly, contumacious, defiant, scornful, slighting
反義：obliging, attentive, pampering, passive, submissive, subservient