Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.
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vt.& vi. 原谅; 饶恕; 对不起;请原谅 ;
vt. 免除;
💡 for(away from)+give→原谅(=to give away)
"I'll never forgive her for what she did."
我绝不会原谅她做的事。
近义:indulgence, absolve, pardon, remit, resolve, spare
反义:impeach, implicate, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict
adj. 精炼的;精制的;经过改良的;举止优雅的;
v. 精炼( refine的过去式和过去分词);精制;使纯净;使文雅高尚;
💡 refin=refine提炼+ed形容词后缀 → 精炼的
"Much of the really nutritive material actually was refined out of food."
大部分真正有营养价值的物质实际上已从食物中提炼出来.
近义:pure, purified, sheer, smooth, spotless, stainless
反义:muscovado, native, natural, raw, uncut, unprocessed
adj. 慷慨的,大方的;丰盛的;肥沃的;浓厚的;
💡 gener出生,产生+ous形容词后缀→[不断]产生→丰富的,慷慨的
"It would be churlish to refuse such a generous offer."
拒绝这样一个慷慨的提议未免失礼。
近义:humane, humanitarian, liberal, lofty, loose, loyal
反义:knavish, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious
n. 人,人类;
adj. 人的;有人性的;显示人类特有弱点的;人本性的;
💡 hum土,地+an名词后缀,属于...的,传说人是由土造出的 → 人类
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老师打了个比喻,把人的心脏比作水泵。
近义:mortal
n. 自然;天性;天理;类型;
💡 nat出生的+ure状态→出生状态→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
两党制的对抗性
近义:milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment
vi. 到达,来;发生;
💡 ar一再+rive河→到达河边→达到目标→到达
"Arrive two days early in order to acclimatize."
提前两天到达以便适应新环境。
近义:come, get
反义:migrate, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, transmigrate
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