'We are survival machines - robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.
— Unknown
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n. 幸存，生存;幸存者;遺物;遺風;
?? sur=super超過+viv活+al名詞后綴→經過事故活著→幸存
"The doctor told my wife I had a fifty - fifty chance of survival."
醫生告訴我的妻子,說我活下去的可能性只有50%.
近義：livelihood, subsistence, survivorship, sustenance
反義：killing, liquidation, obliteration, dejection, destruction, elimination
vt. 保護;保持，保存;腌制食物;防腐處理;
vi. 保鮮;保持原狀;做蜜餞;禁獵;
n. 蜜餞;防護用品;禁獵地;獨占的事物（或范圍）;
?? pre預先+serve保持→預先保留→保存
"Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity."
為了姓名保密，書中的人用的都是化名。
近義：protect, save, shelter, defend, guard, embalm
反義：quit, stop, leave, desist, cut, finish
adj. 自私的，利己的;
?? self自己的 + ish 形容詞后綴→ 自私的,利己的
"They painted him to be indecisive, negative, and selfish."
他被描繪成一個優柔寡斷 、 消極又自私的人.
近義：opportunist, calculating, egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal
反義：liberal, loose, nobleminded, openhanded, selfless, ungrudging
robot
['robɑt]
n. 機器人;遙控裝置;自動機;機械呆板的人;
?? 羅伯特”（諧音）:名叫“羅伯特”的 機器人
"They built a robot capable of understanding spoken commands."
他們制造了一個能懂口頭指令的機器人.
近義：automaton, golem, android, automat, intelligent, mechanical
adv. 盲目地;無目的地;摸索地;不繼續地;
"She pushed blindly past him and made for the door."
她摸索著從他身邊擠過去走向門口.
近義：stubbornly, confusedly, dazedly, gropingly
adj. 大家知道的;已知的;知名的;向某人作自我介紹;
v. 知道( know的過去分詞 );看到過;聽到過;經歷過;
"There is no known antidote to the poison."
這種毒的解藥尚未發現。
近義：acknowledged, familiar, noted, reputable, reputed
反義：ignored, obscure, unadmired, unbeknown, unfamiliar, unidentified