Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion exalted and refined; if the latter, gross and sensual.
— Unknown
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?? 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. 友情，友誼;友善的關系;友善，好意;
?? friend朋友+ship名詞后綴 →友誼
"He made a profession of friendship to his classmate Mary."
他向他的同學瑪麗表白了他的友情.
近義：togetherness, unity, bonhomie, fraternizing, camaraderie, comradeliness
反義：antipathy, hostility, loathing, malice, opposition, aversion
adj. 以前的，從前的;在前的;前任的;
n. 模型，樣板;構成者，創造者;起形成作用的人;[無線]線圈架;
?? form=fore先前 + er表人\/物→前者
"A couple of them are former bosses."
有幾位是以前的上司或老板。
近義：onetime, back, preceding, previous, prior, old
反義：hindmost, last, latest, rearmost, utmost, aftermost
n. 激情，熱情;熱心，愛好;熱戀;酷愛;
vt.&vi. [詩歌用語]表露強烈感情，顯示巨大熱情;
?? pass感情+ion名詞后綴 →熱情，激情
"That child stamps her foot when she is in a passion."
那女孩一發脾氣就跺腳.
近義：infatuation, inflaming, ardor, obsession, paroxysm, vehemence
反義：aboulia, apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indolence, informality
adj. 高貴的;高尚的，崇高的;意氣風發的;興奮的，得意洋洋的;
v. 贊揚( exalt的過去式和過去分詞)，歌頌;提升，提拔;使激動;
?? ex出+alt高+ed...的 → 高貴的；被贊揚的
"The manager exalted many of his friends."
經理提拔了他的許多朋友.
近義：hotheaded, impassioned, lofty, magnificent, majestic, august
反義：apathetic, impassible, imperturbable, indifferent, insensible, ardorless
adj. 精煉的;精制的;經過改良的;舉止優雅的;
v. 精煉( refine的過去式和過去分詞);精制;使純凈;使文雅高尚;
?? refin=refine提煉+ed形容詞后綴 → 精煉的
"Much of the really nutritive material actually was refined out of food."
大部分真正有營養價值的物質實際上已從食物中提煉出來.
近義：pure, purified, sheer, smooth, spotless, stainless
反義：muscovado, native, natural, raw, uncut, unprocessed
adj. 總的;粗俗的;顯而易見的;惡劣的;
n. 總額;
vt. 總共收入;
?? gross=great大 → 總共的；重大的
"They eat flies? What a gross-out!"
他們吃蒼蠅？真惡心！
近義：impolite, inartistic, artless, loutish, atrocious, rank
反義：highbrow, learned, literate, mannerly, polite, scholarly