America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
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n. 歷史，歷史學;發展史;履歷，經歷;（某地的）沿革;
?? histor過去發生的事 + y 表名詞→ 歷史；個人經歷
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年諾貝爾文學獎得主為莫言，他“很好地將魔幻現實與民間故事、歷史與當代結合在一起”。
近義：archives, papers, past, background, record, records
adv. 直接地;不久，立即;正好地，恰好地;坦率地;
conj. 一…就…;
?? di使...變成+rect直+ly…地 →direct直接的+ly...地 → 直接地
"My salary is paid directly into my bank."
我的工資直接撥到我的銀行。
近義：right, straight, straightaway, straightway, direct, openly
反義：surreptitiously, desguisedly, later, next, presently, shortly
n. 間隔;幕間休息;（數學）區間;
?? inter(between)+val(wall)→間隔；距離；差異
"The interval between major earthquakes might be 200 years."
大地震之間的間隔時間可能有200年。
近義：interlude, intermission, lapse, pause, recess, span
n. 文明，文化;開化，教化;修養;文明社會;
?? civil市民；禮貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明，文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已瀕臨毀滅的邊緣。
近義：humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
n. 國家;民族;國民;政府;
?? 那(na)梯(ti)上(on)有 國家
"The nation's coffers are empty."
國庫空虛。
近義：region, country, people, commonwealth
adj. 過去的;用完了;死去的;無望的，無可挽救的;
v. go的過去分詞;
"He's gone AWOL from his base."
他從基地開了小差。
近義：absent, missing, departed