I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇,帮助你深度理解这句话
adj. 更远的,较远的;更进一步的,深一层的;更多的;
adv. 进一步地;更远地;而且;
vt. 促进,推动;增进;
💡 furth=forth向前,向前方+er比较级 → 更前面的→ 更远的
"Not wishing to antagonize her further, he said no more."
他不愿惹她更生气,便不再说话。
近义:patronize, promote, prompt, propitiate, subserve, urge
vt. 声称,断言;维护,坚持;坚持自己的主张;生效;
💡 as加强+sert加入,插入→强行插入观点→断言
"She continued to assert that she was innocent."
她仍然坚称自己无辜。
近义:hold, maintain, asseverate, assure, aver, avouch
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
n. 文化;[生物学](微生物等的)培养;修养;养殖;
vt. 培植,培养;
💡 cult耕种,培养+ure抽象名词→[对心灵的]培养→人类文化
"the otherness of an alien culture"
异域文化的不同情调
近义:incubate, breed, cultivate, hatch, socialize, civilise
反义:philistinism, barbarism, roughness
vt. 应受;应得;值得;
vi. 应受报答;应得报酬;应得赔偿;应受惩罚;
💡 de加强+serve服务,保持→加强服务→值得[重视]
"You deserve a rest after all that hard work."
辛苦劳累那么久,你该休息一下了。
近义:earn, win, incur, justify, merit, occasion
n. 赞扬,称赞;崇拜;赞词;
v. 赞扬,赞美;歌颂;崇拜;
💡 prais价值,评价+e→称其有很高价值,给以很高评价→称赞,赞美,赞扬,颂扬
"He referred to your work in terms of high praise."
他对你的工作大加赞扬.
近义:apotheosize, honor, hurrah, applaud, laud, magnify
反义:attack, recuse, reproach, batter, hammer, censure
📜 Cicero 的更多名言
"Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts. it is something celestial and divine."
"Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator."