Humanity is not a gift of nature, it is a spiritual achievement to be earned.
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從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯,幫助你深度理解這句話
n. 人類;人性;人道;人文學科;
?? human人類+ity名詞后綴 →人性,人類
"The use of H - bombs would be an outrage against humanity."
使用氫彈是違反人道的暴行.
近義:humankind, humans, man, mankind, world, civilisation
反義:heartlessness, inclemency, inhumanity, insidiousness, mercilessness, rage
n. 贈品,禮物;天賦;贈送;天資;
vt. 賦予;向…贈送;天賦權力(或才能等);授予;
?? give(給予)+t(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→贈與;禮物
"The watch was a gift from my mother."
這塊表是母親給我的禮物。
近義:present, treat, bestowal, giveaway, offering, charity
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
adj. 精神的;心靈的;高尚的,崇高的;宗教的;
n. 圣歌(尤指美國南部黑人的);教會事物;
?? spirit精神+ual...的 →精神的;宗教的
"a spiritual that segued into a singalong chorus"
一首轉為會眾集體跟唱的靈歌
近義:unworldly, church, clerical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical
反義:worldly, temporal, earthly, earthy
n. 完成,達到;成就,成績;
?? achieve 達成+ ment表示行為、行為的過程或結果 → n.成績,成就;實現,完成,達到
"the greatest scientific achievement of the decade"
這十年最偉大的科學成就
近義:hit, arrival, attainment, performance, prodigy, prowess
反義:infelicity, irregularity, lapse, miss, overthrow, shortcoming