There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man--with human flesh.
?? 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
adv. 大概;或許;很可能;備不住;
?? probab=probable可能的+ly表副詞 →可能性
"Most of the story about his private life was probably apocryphal."
有關(guān)他私生活的事可能大部分都是虛構(gòu)的.
近義：likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly
反義：assuredly, absolutely, positively, quite, surely, thoroughly
adj. 可怕的;危害極大的;<非正>很糟的;劣質(zhì)的;
adv. 口〉非常，很，極;
n. 可怕的人;
?? terr怕+ible...的 → 可怕的
"to make a terrible blunder"
犯大錯
近義：heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific
反義：innocuous, offenceless, safe, unoffending, benign, harmless
n. 瞬間，頃刻;此刻;當(dāng)月;速食食品，即溶飲料;
adj. 立即的;迫切的;正在考慮的，目前的;即食的;
?? in進(jìn)入+st站立+ant...的→站進(jìn)來的→緊急的
"A feed will usually provide instant gratification to a crying baby."
喂食通常可使正在哭鬧的嬰兒立即得到滿足。
近義：moment, tick, time, flash, instantaneous
反義：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife
vt. 發(fā)現(xiàn);碰見;撞見;獲得知識;
?? dis相反+cover蓋→把蓋揭開→發(fā)現(xiàn)
"We have to discover his plans and act accordingly."
我們得找出他的計劃，照著辦。
近義：locate, descry, detect, encounter, find, inquire
n. 人，人類;
adj. 人的;有人性的;顯示人類特有弱點(diǎn)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
enlightenment
[in'laitnm?nt]
n. 啟迪，啟發(fā);教化，開導(dǎo);啟蒙運(yùn)動;
"The socialists saw themselves as true heirs of the Enlightenment."
社會主義者認(rèn)為自己是啟蒙運(yùn)動的真正繼承者.
近義：illumination