Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
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n. 心,精神,心力,知,智力,智慧;心胸,頭腦,人;愿望,目的,意向,意志,決心,見解,意見;記憶,記性,記憶力,回想;
vi. 介意;注意;
vt. 專心于;介意;愿意做;照顧;
?? mind→心;意志;精神;理性;智力;注意;開會;介意
"His mind reached after an understanding of the problem."
他開動腦筋,想弄懂這個問題.
近義:heed, attend, ware, beware, follow, care
adj. 穩定的,不變的;鎮定的,沉著的;堅定的;
vt. 使穩定,使堅定;
n. 關系固定的情侶;
?? stead(stand)+y(形容詞后綴)→穩定的;沉著的;使穩定;沉著
"Her breathing became steady and she fell asleep."
她的呼吸變得均勻,便睡著了。
近義:balance, stabilise, stabilize, maintain, neutralize, offset
反義:insecure, astable, astatic, precarious, rickety, rocky
n. 意志;目的;作用;(進行中的)行動;
vt. 有意;打算;企圖(做);決意(做);
?? pur始終+pose放→始終放的東西→目的,意圖
"We spoke to little purpose — his mind was clearly made up already."
我們說的話幾乎不起作用,他顯然已下定決心了.
近義:intend, consider, appoint, ascribe, denote, designate
n. 點;要點;得分;標點;
vt. (意思上)指向;削尖;加標點于;指路;
vi. 表明;指向;
?? point(prick)→點;地點;目的;時刻;使銳利;指示
"Racial tension has reached boiling point ."
種族間的緊張狀態已達到一觸即發的程度。
近義:range, aim, hone, sharpen, strap, strop
adj. 智力的;有才智的;需用智力的;智力發達的;
n. 知識分子;腦力勞動者;有極高智力的人;憑理智(而非感情)辦事的人;
?? intellect智力+ual...的→ 智力的
"Some Americans see Oxford as an intellectual Disneyland."
一些美國人把牛津視為知識分子的樂園。
近義:highbrow, literatus, scholar, longhair, egghead
反義:ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninstructed
n. 靈魂;精神;幽靈;人;
adj. 美國黑人文化的;
?? 搜(sou)尋 靈魂的拐杖(l象形) 網友:yqy 補充:瘦(諧音)的人有精神
"The soul is immortal."
靈魂不滅。
近義:lifeblood, atman, psyche, spirit, anima
反義:soma