I can't tell if a straw ever saved a drowning man, but I know that a mere glance is enough to make despair pause. For in truth we who are creatures of impulse are creatures of despair.
?? 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. 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
n. 真理;真相，事實;忠實，忠誠;現實，現實性;
?? tru相信，真實+th抽象名詞 →事實，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反義：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
n. 憑沖動行事;突如其來的念頭;[電子]脈沖;[醫]沖動，搏動;
adj. 沖動的;
v. 推動;
?? im向內，進入+pulse跳動→沖動
"He had a sudden impulse to stand up and sing."
他突然心血來潮，想站起來歌唱。
近義：impel, power, boost, drive, force, motor
vt. 告訴，說;辨別;吩咐;講述;
vt.& vi. 分辨，辨別;告訴，吩咐;泄漏;保證;
vi. 泄密，告發;（顏色、聲音等）顯示;識別;
n. [考古學]（古代村落遺址堆積而成的）臺形土墩;[方言]講的話;談話;傳聞;
?? 他告訴（tell）我，他哥哥很高（tall）
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義：maintain, assert, asseverate, mention, assure, name
反義：hide, mask, occult, shield, shroud, veil
n. 稻草;麥稈;吸管;毫無價值的東西;
adj. 稻草的，麥稈的;稻草[麥稈]做的;假的，假想的;無價值的;
?? 睡覺（諧音）：農民睡午覺，頭下枕 稻草
"a mattress filled with straw"
稻草填充的墊子
近義：thatching, shank, strawy, thatched, inconsequential, inconsiderable
v. 知道;了解;認識;確信;
n. 知情;
?? 知道know的人愛說自己不no知道
"Do you know your ABC?"
你認識所有的字母嗎？
近義：learn, understand, get, cognize, comprehend, meet