I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.
— Walt Whitman
· God
?? 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
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
adj. 好奇的; 好求知的;奇妙的; 稀奇的;
?? cur關心+ious….的→關心的，好奇的
"They were very curious about the people who lived upstairs."
他們對住在樓上的人感到很好奇。
近義：odd, peculiar, rare, strange, uncommon, unconventional
反義：artless, modest, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, average
vt. 看到，注視;領悟;
vi. 瞧;用在祈使句中以引起人注意;
int. 瞧，看呀;
?? be(upon)+hold→看(=to hold upon)
"Her face was a joy to behold."
她的容貌十分悅目。
近義：see, sight, view, witness, contemplate, discern
n. 物體;目標;賓語;客體，對象;
?? ob反+ject投擲，扔→反著扔→反對，引申為扔向目標 → 物體；目標v. 反對
"A rock is an inanimate object."
巖石是無生命的物體。
近義：oppose, protest, recalcitrate, remonstrate, resist, conflict
反義：accord, acquiesce, chord, coincide, concur, converge
vt.& vi. 懂，理解;
vt. 了解;默認;聽說;領會;
?? under(under)+stand→懂；了解；通曉；認為
"That's just an approximation, you understand."
你知道那僅僅是近似值。
近義：ideate, imagine, apprehend, interpret, assimilate, penetrate
反義：misapprehend, misconstrue, mishear, misinterpret, misrepresent, misread
vt.& vi. 聽到，聽見;
vt. 聽說;得知;聽取;審理;
vi. 聽;聽見;
?? h(身體兩側)+ear(耳朵):身體兩側能 聽見
"I could hear him bumbling around in the kitchen."
我聽得見他在廚房里瞎折騰。
近義：listen, overhear, hearken, hark, harken