PYRRHONISM, n. An ancient philosophy, named for its inventor. It consisted of an absolute disbelief in everything but Pyrrhonism. Its modern professors have added that.
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adj. 古代的,已往的;古老的,過(guò)時(shí)的;年老的;老式的;
n. 古代人;古文明國(guó)的國(guó)民;<古>高齡老人;<古>旗手;
?? anci古老+ent....的 → 古代的
"extant remains of the ancient wall"
尚存的古城墻遺跡
近義:senior, elder, antiquated, antique, indigenous, archaic
反義:hot, imaginative, innovative, latest, modern, novel
n. 哲學(xué);哲學(xué)體系,哲學(xué)思想;生活信條;哲理;
?? philo愛(ài)+sophy智慧→愛(ài)智慧→哲學(xué)
"the mechanistic philosophy that compares the brain to a computer"
將人腦比作電腦的機(jī)械論哲學(xué)
近義:ideology, conviction
n. 發(fā)明家;創(chuàng)造者;發(fā)明者;
?? invent發(fā)明+or名詞后綴,表示人 →發(fā)明者
"Edison won his spurs as an inventor while rather young."
愛(ài)迪生很年輕的時(shí)候就獲得了發(fā)明家的聲譽(yù).
近義:developer, deviser
adj. 絕對(duì)的,完全的;不受任何限制[約束]的;無(wú)條件的;有無(wú)上權(quán)力或權(quán)威的;
n. 絕對(duì);絕對(duì)事物;
?? ab(加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣)+sole(唯一)+ute: 絕對(duì)的就 是唯一的 ab(阿爸)+solu.e(solve解決)+t(它):阿爸解它 絕對(duì)的沒(méi)問(wèn)題 網(wǎng)友:yqy
"a class for absolute beginners"
零起點(diǎn)班
近義:inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefragable
反義:hesitant, hesitative, imprecise, improbable, inconclusive, indecisive
disbelief
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n. 不相信,懷疑;
"He stared at me in disbelief ."
他滿腹疑惑地盯著我。
近義:incredulity, astonishment, misgiving, mistrust, stun, stupefaction
反義:idea, judgement, judgment, knowledge, assurance, notion
adj. 現(xiàn)代的;近代的;新式的;當(dāng)代風(fēng)格的;
n. 現(xiàn)代人,現(xiàn)代主義者;時(shí)髦人士;[印]現(xiàn)代字體,指印刷中所用的一種字體;
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"The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world."
很多人認(rèn)為君主制在現(xiàn)代世界不合時(shí)宜。
近義:mod, new, newfangled, novel, recent, unworn