The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
— Confucius
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n. 本質(zhì)，實(shí)質(zhì);精華，精髓;香精;
?? ess, est, sen 表示”存在”
"We must try to get to the essence of things."
我們必須想法抓住事物的本質(zhì).
近義：inwardness, quiddity, substance, gist, extract
n. 了解，理解;知識(shí)（表示多方面的知識(shí)時(shí)有復(fù)數(shù)knowledges這一用法）;學(xué)科;見聞;
?? know知道+ledge框架 → 知識(shí)
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英語(yǔ)已經(jīng)學(xué)得很好。
近義：idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
反義：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
vt. 應(yīng)用，運(yùn)用;申請(qǐng);涂;敷（藥）;
vi. 申請(qǐng)，請(qǐng)求，適用;適用，適合;專心致志;
?? ap做，完成+ply重疊，折疊→反復(fù)做→申請(qǐng)[做事] → 申請(qǐng)，應(yīng)用
"Use the applicator to apply cream to the affected area."
用涂藥器把藥膏抹在感染部位。
近義：put, implement, introduce, adhibit, hold, appertain
反義：invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, quash, repeal
v. 供認(rèn);坦白;承認(rèn);悔過;
?? con全部+fess說→全部說出→承認(rèn)，坦白
"I confess it with shame -- shrunk icily into myself, like a snail."
我羞愧地懺悔了 —— 冷冰冰地退縮, 像個(gè)蝸牛.
近義：own, accept, acknowledge, avow, concede, honor
反義：impugn, naysay, negate, object, oppose, rebut
n. 無知，愚昧;蒙;
?? i不+gnor知道+ance名詞后綴 →無知，愚昧
"They were at last freed from the fetters of ignorance."
他們終于從愚昧無知的束縛中解脫出來。
近義：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
反義：idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience