There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.

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evil ['ivl] 詞頻1
adj. 邪惡的,罪惡的;有害的;不幸的,不吉的;品行壞的; n. 邪惡,罪惡;壞事,惡行;邪惡的力量、勢力或化身;災禍;
?? e 加強或引申意義、使…+vil =base (卑劣的) → n.邪惡;禍害 a.壞的
"the evil effects of racism"
種族主義的惡劣影響
近義:ill, infirmity, malady, complaint, affection, disease 反義:goodness, humane, kind, kindhearted, kindly, loyal
tendency ['t?nd?nsi] 詞頻2 詞根: tend
n. 傾向,趨勢;(話或作品等的)旨趣,意向;性情;癖好;
?? tend伸展;擴大+ency狀態→伸出去的狀態→偏向一邊→傾向
"the tendency to see old people as asexual"
認為老年人性缺乏的傾向
近義:inclination, leaning, movement, penchant, predilection, predisposal
technology [t?k'nɑl?d?i] 詞根: tech
n. 科技(總稱);工業技術;工藝學;[總稱]術語;
?? techno技術,能力+logy學科 → 技術學
"the advent of new technology"
新技術的出現
近義:technics
reasonable ['rizn?bl] 詞頻2 詞根: reason
adj. 合理的,公道的;明白道理的;適當的;有理性的;
?? reason合理+able形容詞后綴, 具有某種性質的 → 合理的, 通情達理的
"There is reasonable concordance between the two sets of results."
兩組結果之間有著合理的一致。
近義:intelligent, levelheaded, logic, logical, moderate, modest 反義:illogical, inane, inconsistent, irrational, mad, meaningless
underlying [,?nd?'la???] 詞頻5
adj. 潛在的,含蓄的;基礎的;表面下的,下層的;[法]優先的; v. 優先于(underlie的ing形式);構成…的基礎(或起因),引起;
?? under下+ly躺著+ing...的→潛在的;在下面的
"The joke did not obscure the underlying seriousness of his point."
玩笑并沒有掩蓋他的觀點隱含的嚴肅性.
近義:medullary, pivotal, primal, primordial, basal, basic

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