More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
n. 歷史，歷史學;發展史;履歷，經歷;（某地的）沿革;
?? histor過去發生的事 + y 表名詞→ 歷史；個人經歷
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年諾貝爾文學獎得主為莫言，他“很好地將魔幻現實與民間故事、歷史與當代結合在一起”。
近義：archives, papers, past, background, record, records
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
n. 絕望;使人絕望的人（或事物）;
vi. 絕望;
?? de去掉+spair=sper希望 → 絕望
"She uttered a cry of despair."
她發出了絕望的叫聲。
近義：despond, hopelessness, desperateness, desperation, despondence, despondency
反義：illusion, aspiration, reliance, trust, trustfulness, fantasy
adj. 總計的（金額等）;全部的;完全的;絕對的;
n. 總計，總數;全體數量;
vt.& vi. 總計達，計算…的總數;
?? total-, tot- 表”所有的”
"total abstinence from strong drink"
戒絕烈性酒
近義：summate, tot, totalize, tote, level, overthrow
反義：quota, share, slice, snippy, patchy, fragmental
n. 熄滅;消滅，滅絕;廢除;[物]消光，自屏，衰減;
?? extinct滅絕的+ion表名詞 → 滅絕
"The island's way of life is doomed to extinction."
這個島上的生活方式注定要消失.
近義：passing, quietus, death, decease, demise, disappearance
反義：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
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