Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts.
?? 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,人類;
adj. 人的;有人性的;顯示人類特有弱點的;人本性的;
?? hum土,地+an名詞后綴,屬于...的,傳說人是由土造出的 → 人類
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老師打了個比喻,把人的心臟比作水泵。
近義:mortal
adj. 神的, 天賜的;極好的;神圣的;
vt.&vi. 占卜,預言;猜測, 預測;(用丫形杖)探測(地下水);
n. 牧師;神學家;
?? divinus(屬于神的)+ine(形容詞后綴)→神的;神圣的;超人的
"No player has a divine right to be in this team."
沒有哪名選手天生就有權留在這個隊里。
近義:augur, portend, predict, prophesy, foresee, foretell
反義:hellish, immoral, impious, iniquitous, irreligious, obscene
adv. 因此;所以;故;乃;
?? there這樣+fore無實義 → 因此,所以
"He lost his health, and therefore his difficulties increased."
他身體虛弱, 因此更增加了他的困難.
近義:hence, hencewith, hereupon, appropriately, avaunt, properly
n. 演說,演講,發言;說話,談話,說話能力或方式;(樂器的)音,音色;方言,民族語言;
"He finished his speech amid tremendous applause."
他在雷鳴般的掌聲中結束了演講。
近義:lecture, locution, monologue, peroration, phrase, prelection
n. 沉默,無言,無表示,無聲,沉靜,肅靜,寂靜,緘默;無音信,失去聯系,忘卻,湮沒,無表示,無音訊;[樂]停止;
vt. 使安靜;使沉默;壓制;
?? 沉默死(si)冷(len-leng)廁(ce)無人知
"There was an awkward silence."
一陣令人尷尬的沉默。
近義:hush, lull, quiet, quieten, shush, still
反義:perturb, shake, agitate, disrupt, disturb, hullabaloo
adj. 死去的;完全的;無感覺的;呆板的;
adv. 完全地;非常;絕對;極度;
n. 死者;(死一樣的)寂靜;極寒時候;
?? 呆的,人 死是“呆的
"We don't know whether he's alive or dead."
我們不知道他是死是活。
近義:asleep, numb, numbed, unfeeling, benumbed, unresponsive
反義:mindful, aware, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful