Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 人,人類;
adj. 人的;有人性的;顯示人類特有弱點的;人本性的;
?? hum土,地+an名詞后綴,屬于...的,傳說人是由土造出的 → 人類
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老師打了個比喻,把人的心臟比作水泵。
近義:mortal
adv. 或許;(表示不確定)也許;(用于粗略的估計)或許;(表示勉強同意或其實不贊成)也許;
n. 假定;猜想;未定之事;
?? per全部+hap機會,運氣+s表復數→全是機會→也許,可能
"When you're done, perhaps I can say something."
等你說完,也許我可以說點什么。
近義:maybe, perchance, possibly, probably, haply
反義:indeed, assuredly, absolutely, sure, surely, undoubtedly
n. 懷疑,疑慮;未確定;
vt. 懷疑,疑惑;
vi. 不確定,不能肯定或懷疑;
?? doubt二→二種狀態→懷疑
"a feeling of doubt and uncertainty"
遲疑不定的感受
近義:disbelieve, hesitation, hesitate, mistrust, question, stagger
反義:prove, reassure, verify, vouch, check, demonstrate
frightening
['fra?tn??]
adj. 令人恐懼的;引起突然驚恐的;嚇人;
"After the quietness of home and school, university had been almost frightening."
過慣了家庭和中學的平靜生活之后, 大學簡直有些可怕了.
近義:horrible, horrifying, intimidating, menacing, awesome, awful
反義:innocuous, offenceless, safe, unoffending, benign, harmless
convinced
[k?n'vinst]
adj. 確信的;深信的;有堅定信仰的;
v. 使確信(convince的過去分詞);說服;
"I am convinced of her innocence."
我堅信她是清白無辜的。
近義:persuaded, sold
prep. 超過;越過;那一邊;在…較遠的一邊;
adv. 在遠處;在更遠處;
n. 遠處;
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那條路經過村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近義:farther, further, off, out, outside, past