Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose.
?? 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. 存在,實(shí)在;生活,生活方式;實(shí)體,存在物;
?? ex出+ist站立+ence名詞后綴 →存在,生存
"belief in the existence of a benevolent god"
對于仁慈的神之存在的篤信
近義:presence, life, being
反義:inexistence, absence
vt. 節(jié)省;保存;儲蓄;解救;
vi. 節(jié)省;挽救;救球;
prep.&conj. 除…之外;
n. 救援,救援;
?? save救助 → 挽救
"It was going to take some deft political footwork to save the situation."
當(dāng)時得采取一些巧妙的政治手段以挽回局勢。
近義:liberate, rescue, salvage, emancipate, free, husband
反義:outlay, consume, deplete, disburse, dissipate, drain
vt. 想,設(shè)想;想像;料想,猜想;誤認(rèn)為;
vi. 想象;猜想,推測;
?? imag=image圖像+ine...的→有關(guān)圖像的→想象
"Imagine my amazement when a 70 - year - old man beat me at tennis."
在網(wǎng)球賽中,我竟被一位70高齡的老人擊敗,請想像一下我當(dāng)時的驚愕狀態(tài).
近義:ideate, picture, suppose, understand, visualise, visualize
n. 意思,意義;含義;意圖;
adj. 有意思的;意味深長的;
vt. 意味(mean的現(xiàn)在分詞);意思是;
?? mean 意思+ ing 表示行為、狀態(tài)、情況及其他 → n.意義,意思;意圖
"contextual clues to the meaning"
上下文提供的理解其含義的線索
近義:import, purport, purposefulness, sense, significance, significancy
vt. 強(qiáng)加;征稅;以…欺騙;
vi. 利用;欺騙;施加影響;
?? im進(jìn)+pose放→放進(jìn)去→強(qiáng)加;征稅
"It was right in Iraq to organise elections rather than impose a strongman."
在伊拉克組織大選而不是強(qiáng)加一個政治強(qiáng)人也是沒錯的。
近義:muscle, promulgate, compel, decree, dictate, direct
反義:invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, outlaw, proscribe
adj. 任意的;隨機(jī)的;胡亂的;
n. 隨意;偶然的行動;
?? 跑(ran)+狀況(dom):體育考試時隨機(jī)抽人跑步;引申為變化中隨機(jī)抽取
"The teacher might suddenly address individual students at random."
老師可能隨意突然地與個別學(xué)生談話.
近義:incidental, lucky, occasional, sometime, unforeseen, casual