It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.
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n. [化學]純度;純潔,純凈;清潔,清白,清廉;(語言)純正;
?? pur純潔+ity名詞后綴 → 純凈,純正
"The students are asked to prove the purity of copper."
要求學生們檢驗銅的純度.
近義:neatness, pureness, tidiness, clarity, cleanliness, cleanness
反義:mess, muddiness, nastiness, shabbiness, slatternliness, sloppiness
n. 智慧,明智;常識,好的判斷力;知識,學問;古訓;
?? wis=wise智慧的+dom狀態或領域 →智慧
"The received wisdom is that they cannot win."
大家一致認為他們不會贏。
近義:prudence, sageness, sanity, sensibleness, carefulness, discretion
反義:nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
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
adj. 使人吃驚的,驚人的;
v. 使…詫異(astonish的ing形式);
"Borrowing is set to soar to an astonishing £60 billion."
借款很可能猛增至驚人的600億英鎊.
近義:marvelous, astounding, miraculous, remarkable, staggering, startling
反義:inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average
n. 力;武力;(社會)勢力;魄力;
vt. 強迫;強行;促使,推動;強奸;
?? fort(=forc表力) force 力 一起(com)用力(fort)使舒適 安慰 向外(e)用力(fort)叫 努力(effort) 使(en)有力(fo
"the US Air Force"
美國空軍
近義:break, pry, impel, intimidate, obligate, oblige
反義:preserve, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter
vt. 保持;保留;遵守;阻止;
vi. (食品)保持新;保持健康;
n. 保持,保養;供養,撫養;生活,生計;飼料;牧草;
"Social services keep lists of at-risk children ."
社工組織保留有在家里可能遭受傷害的孩子名單。
近義:hold, husband, maintain, reserve, retain, save
反義:transfer, cede, give, transgress, trespass, violate