Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of truth.
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vt. 崇拜,尊崇;愛慕;
vi. 做禮拜;熱愛;愛慕;崇拜(尤指達到看不到缺點的地步);
n. (對治安官或市長的尊稱)閣下;尊敬;崇拜;禮拜;
?? wor+ship(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→崇拜;崇敬
"They fell prostrate in worship."
他們拜倒在地。
近義:idolize, love, revere, venerate, adore, enshrine
反義:defile, desecrate
n. 費用;花費的錢;消耗;花錢的東西;
vt. 向…收取費用;把…作為開支勾銷;
?? ex出+pense付錢 → 支出,花費,消費
"He spared no expense to make the party a success."
為使宴會成功他不惜費用.
近義:bill, debit, outgo, outlay, spending, toll
反義:admittance, entry
n. 真理;真相,事實;忠實,忠誠;現實,現實性;
?? tru相信,真實+th抽象名詞 →事實,真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反義:hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
bigoted
[['big?tid]]
a. 盲從的, 固執己見的, 執迷的, 頑固的
近義:intolerant, prejudiced, prejudicial, prudish, sanctimonious, bigot
n. 習慣,慣例;海關,關稅;經常光顧;[總稱](經常性的)顧客;
adj. (衣服等)定做的,定制的;
"This custom has been carried down from the 18 th century."
這一習俗從18世紀一直傳到現在.
近義:practice, prevalence, style, stylishness, tradition, usage
反義:naturalness, sincerity, spontaneousness, unaffectedness, made, precast