Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but which will afterward propagate it.
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n. 了解，理解;知識（表示多方面的知識時有復數knowledges這一用法）;學科;見聞;
?? know知道+ledge框架 → 知識
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英語已經學得很好。
近義：idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
反義：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
vt.& vi. 增加，增大，增多;
vt. 增強，增進;[縫紉]放（針）;
vi. 增強;增進;增殖，繁殖;[縫紉]放針;
?? in向內+crease增→增加
"He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary."
他竟然厚著臉皮要求增加薪水.
近義：heighten, hike, hypo, increment, intensify, magnify
反義：lessen, lower, reduce, slack, slacken, deescalate
adj. 外面的，外部的;表面上的;外用的;外國的;
n. 外部，外面;外觀;外部情況;
?? exter出去+nal=al...的 → 出去的 →在外面的 →外部的
"The accounts have to be audited by a firm of external auditors."
這些賬目必須由一家外聘審計員的公司來稽查.
近義：appearance, image, look, looks, aspect, seeming
反義：inside, interior, inward, medullary, systemic, intern
n. 代理人;代理商;藥劑;特工;
vt. 由…作中介;由…代理;
adj. 代理的;
?? ag做，代理做+ent表人或物→做的人→代理人→作用因素；代理人
"Our agent in New York deals with all US sales."
我們在紐約的代理商經辦在整個美國的銷售。
近義：appointor, intermediary, middleman, proxy, representative, deputy
vt. 繁衍，增殖;使遺傳;擴散;使蔓延;
vi. 繁殖;擴大;[物] 通過媒介傳送;
?? pro 很多 + pag合同，商定 + ate表動詞 → 傳播,宣傳
"The political party started the newspaper to propagate its ideas."
那個政黨創辦一份報紙來宣傳該黨的觀點.
近義：noise, outspread, publish, bandy, spread, circularize
adv. <美>以后，過后;
?? after以后+ward向...的→之后，后來，以后
"He dissected the plan afterward to learn why it had failed."
他事后仔細剖析那項計劃以便搞清它失敗的原因.
近義：hereafter, hereinafter, later, next, presently, subsequently