Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
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n. 哲學;哲學體系,哲學思想;生活信條;哲理;
?? philo愛+sophy智慧→愛智慧→哲學
"the mechanistic philosophy that compares the brain to a computer"
將人腦比作電腦的機械論哲學
近義:ideology, conviction
vt.& vi. 與…作戰;爭斗;
n. 戰爭,戰役;比賽,較量;長期論戰或長期作戰;激烈的競爭;
?? batt打,走+le表名詞 → 戰斗
"the battle of Waterloo"
滑鐵盧戰役
近義:strive, struggle, tilt, vie, war, wrestle
反義:reconcile, impasse, armistice, respite, truce, ceasefire
prep. 反對;對…不利;緊靠;以防;
?? gain =against (反對)#詞根助記:反對
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票贊成,五人反對,兩人棄權。
近義:athwart, agin
n. 智力;聰穎;情報;情報機構;
?? intel在…中間+lig選擇,收集+ence名詞后綴→從中選出好的→智力
"She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence."
她利用她漂亮的外表來彌補智力的不足.
近義:aptness, intellect, invention, argument, knack, mentality
n. 語言,語言文字;表達能力;言語,語風,文風,文體;專門用語,術語;
?? langu語言+age表示狀態、情況及其他 → 語言,語言課程
"theories of child language acquisition"
幼兒語言習得的理論
近義:idiom, speech, tongue, dialect, linguistic, philologic
n. 方法( mean的名詞復數);手段;收入;財富;
v. 意味著( mean的第三人稱單數);引起;打算或注定要某人成為或做某事;
"The inquiry is by no means cut and dried."
調查之事遠未蓋棺定論。
近義:approach, manner, method, mode, process, strategy