As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 人类;男性,男子;
💡 man人+kind 种类→ n.人类
"the history of mankind"
人类的历史
近义:humanity, humankind, humans, man, civilization
vt. 期望;预料;要求;认为(某事)会发生;
vi. 预期;期待;怀胎;怀孕;
💡 ex出+pect=spect看→看出去→期待
"We expect writers to produce more and better works."
我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品.
近义:wait, await, previse, bide, hope, contemplate
v. 知道;了解;认识;确信;
n. 知情;
💡 知道know的人爱说自己不no知道
"Do you know your ABC?"
你认识所有的字母吗?
近义:learn, understand, get, cognize, comprehend, meet
adj. 较少的(little的比较级);较小的;较次的,较劣的;较不重要的;
adv. 较少地,较小地;
prep. 减去;少掉;不足;
n. 较少,较小;
"We aim to improve opportunities for the less advantaged in society."
我们的宗旨是为社会地位比较低下的人增加机会。
近义:least, lesser, minus
adj. 准备好的,现成的;即时的,敏捷的;情愿的;即将的;
vt. 做好…的准备;
adv. 预先;已完成地;
n. 现款;
💡 准备好,再读(read)一(y)遍
"Everyone, allow me face, come back tomorrow when I have everything ready."
各位, 给我一个面子, 等明天我把一切准备好了再请你们过来玩吧.
近义:prepare, adapt, deploy, enable, fix, minded
反义:unprepared
v. 呼唤,喊叫;召唤,叫来,召集;下令,命令;打电话给;
n. 喊叫,大声喊;电话联络;必要,理由;要求;
💡 c(形像电话筒)a11音“拷”,电话筒和手铐都有一个圆
"Don't give me any aggro or I'll call the police."
不要对我使用暴力,不然我就叫警察。
近义:phone, telephone, muster, page, summon, convene
反义:scare, shoo, ward, forfend, forefend, disband
📜 Samuel Johnson 的更多名言
"Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords."
"It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust."
"Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people."