The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
— H. L. Mencken
· Age
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vt. 不信任;懷疑;
n. 不信任，猜疑;疑惑，不相信;
?? tru =true,表示”相信,真實”#詞根助記：dis不+trust
"They looked at each other with distrust."
他們心懷戒備地相互看著對方。
近義：misbelieve, mistrust, disbelieve, doubt, misdoubt, suspect
反義：rely, trust, confide, aplomb, assurance, poise
adj. 熟悉的;通曉的;冒昧的;隨便的;
n. 常客，密友;高級官吏的家屬;[天主]教皇[主教]的仆人;
?? famili=family家庭+ar...的 →熟悉的
"The Empire State Building is a familiar landmark on the New York skyline."
帝國大廈是人們熟悉的紐約高樓大廈中的地標。
近義：known, acknowledged, intimate, near, close, friendly
反義：obscure, odd, outlandish, quaint, queer, queerish
n. 教條，教義;法律原則;聲明;古語] 所教的東西，教育;
?? doctr教+ine名詞后綴，人或物→教的東西→教義，教條
"a policy that is popular because of its consonance with traditional party doctrine"
因與傳統(tǒng)的政黨宗旨一致而受歡迎的政策
近義：law, tenet, canon, dogma
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(tài)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
vt. 種植;擴大;擴展;增加;
vi. 生長;漸漸變得;逐漸開始;
vt.& vi. （使）留長，蓄長;
"He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache."
他已經(jīng)決定留起絡腮胡子和髭。
近義：proliferate, propagate, breed, upsize, expand, increase
反義：shrink, lessen, attenuate, reduce, remit, slacken