GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.
?? 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
adj. 慷慨的，大方的;豐盛的;肥沃的;濃厚的;
?? gener出生，產生+ous形容詞后綴→[不斷]產生→豐富的，慷慨的
"It would be churlish to refuse such a generous offer."
拒絕這樣一個慷慨的提議未免失禮。
近義：humane, humanitarian, liberal, lofty, loose, loyal
反義：knavish, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious
n. 大量，許多;大眾，人群;
?? multi很多+tude狀態→多的狀態→多數，群眾
"a multitude of possibilities"
眾多的可能性
近義：army, pile, mass, crowd, host, legion
反義：hoot, iota, jot, scrap, tittle, trace
n. 自然;天性;天理;類型;
?? nat出生的+ure狀態→出生狀態→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
兩黨制的對抗性
近義：milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment
adv. 起初，原來;獨創地，獨出心裁地;自來;本;
"The song was originally a filler on their first album."
這首歌在他們第一張專輯中本來是用來湊時間的。
近義：initially
反義：last, ultimately, eventually, finally
n. 單詞;話語;諾言;消息;
vt. 措辭，用詞;用言語表達;
vi. 講話;
?? 世界（world)不是一句（l） 話能講清楚的 “我的”發音，吐 詞不清
"a word of Greek derivation"
由希臘語派生的詞
近義：phrase, redact, say, speak, verbalise, verbalize
adj. 高尚的;貴族的;外表莊嚴和莊重的;表現出崇高的;
n. 尊貴的人;舊時在英國使用的金幣;
?? nob(高貴的)+le: 高尚的
"He died for a noble cause."
他為了高尚的事業而犧牲。
近義：hidalgo, aristocrat, nobleman, patrician, don, gentleman
反義：plebe, commoner, peeress, ignoble, lowly, proletariat