Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.
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n. 真理;真相,事實;忠實,忠誠;現(xiàn)實,現(xiàn)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
adv. 必要地;必需地;必定地;必然地;
?? necessari必要的 + ly 表示如...的、有...特征的、→ ad.必然,必定
"The number of places available is necessarily limited."
可錄學(xué)生的名額不可避免地很有限。
近義:mandatorily, needfully, obligatorily, perforce, unavoidably, compulsorily
反義:superfluously, unnecessarily
n. 陌生人,不認(rèn)識的人;外地人;局外人;門外漢;
adj. 不熟悉的,陌生的(strange)的比較級;
?? strang陌生的+er人→陌生人;新來者
"She was accosted in the street by a complete stranger."
在街上,一個完全陌生的人貿(mào)然走到她跟前搭訕。
近義:outlander, outsider, auslander, tramontane, alien, foreigner
反義:relation, acquaintant, indian, aborigine, creole, local
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
n. 心,精神,心力,知,智力,智慧;心胸,頭腦,人;愿望,目的,意向,意志,決心,見解,意見;記憶,記性,記憶力,回想;
vi. 介意;注意;
vt. 專心于;介意;愿意做;照顧;
?? mind→心;意志;精神;理性;智力;注意;開會;介意
"His mind reached after an understanding of the problem."
他開動腦筋,想弄懂這個問題.
近義:heed, attend, ware, beware, follow, care
adv. 因此;所以;故;乃;
?? there這樣+fore無實義 → 因此,所以
"He lost his health, and therefore his difficulties increased."
他身體虛弱, 因此更增加了他的困難.
近義:hence, hencewith, hereupon, appropriately, avaunt, properly