Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim Wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, Obtained with labor, for mankind employed, And then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.

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wisdom ['w?zd?m] 詞頻2 詞根: wise
n. 智慧,明智;常識,好的判斷力;知識,學問;古訓;
?? wis=wise智慧的+dom狀態或領域 →智慧
"The received wisdom is that they cannot win."
大家一致認為他們不會贏。
近義:prudence, sageness, sanity, sensibleness, carefulness, discretion 反義:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
alone [?'lon] 詞頻1 詞根: a
adj. 單獨的;獨一無二的;獨自的; adv. 單獨地;獨自地;孤獨地;只,只有;
?? al(all)+one→單獨的(地)(=quite by oneself)
"She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone."
她一想到獨自旅行的情景就害怕。
近義:isolated, lone, remote, secluded, sequestered, solitary 反義:joint
ambition [?m'b???n] 詞頻2 詞根: it
n. 抱負;渴望得到的東西;追求的目標;夙愿; vt. 追求;有…野心;
?? amb大+it行走+ion名詞后綴→走大步→雄心,志向
"She never achieved her ambition of becoming a famous writer."
她一直未能實現當名作家的夙愿。
近義:covet, dream, moneygrubbing, avarice, avidity, avidness 反義:humanitarianism, largeheartedness, largess, largesse, liberality, munificence
source [s?rs] 詞頻1
n. 根源,本源;源頭,水源;原因;提供消息的人; vt. (從…)獲得;發起;向…提供消息;尋求(尤指供貨)的來源; vi. 原料來源;起源;尋求來源;尋求生產商(或提供商);
?? source(rise)→泉源;源頭
"I've heard from a reliable source that company is running very badly."
我已從一位可靠人士那兒獲悉,這家公司經營得非常糟糕.
近義:resort, resource, procedence, provenance, provenience, root
fame [fem] 詞頻1 詞根: fam
n. 名聲;名望;傳聞;傳說; vt. 使聞名;使出名;使有名望;<古>盛傳;
?? fa, fabl, fam, fan =speak,表示”說”#詞根助記:名聲是靠口口相傳的
"the Country Music Hall of Fame"
鄉村音樂名人堂
近義:name, notoriety, popularity, prestige, remarkableness, renown 反義:belittling, discredit, disrepute
mankind [m?n'ka?nd] 詞頻1
n. 人類;男性,男子;
?? man人+kind 種類→ n.人類
"the history of mankind"
人類的歷史
近義:humanity, humankind, humans, man, civilization

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