跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第180期
Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity. I‘m not sure about the former, but I know of a third example, human genius.
語音講解
單詞發音
only /ˈəʊnli $ ˈoʊn-/
infinite /ˈɪnfənət/
stupidity -y結尾的單詞重讀落在倒數第三個音節 /stjuːˈpɪdəti $ stuː-/
genius /ˈdʒiːniəs/
連詞發音
things are infinite /θɪŋzərˈɪnfənət/
輕讀重讀
重讀：two/ stupidity
弱讀：are/the/ and
詞彙講解
nite adj.
釋義：without limits in space or time
例句：Teaching little children takes infinite patience.
教育幼兒須有極大的耐心。
反義詞 finite 有限的
The physical universe is finite in space and time.
物質世界在時間和空間上是有限的。
idity noun.
stupid的名詞形式
例句：Conceit is associated with stupidity and ignorance.
驕傲的朋友是愚蠢和無知。
of
例句：I'm surprised that you didn't know of such an important event.
這麼大的事你竟會不知道？
know精講
A. know 知道，瞭解 側重直接性
例句：I know her very well 我很瞭解她
B. know about 知道關於...的情況
例句：I happened to know about him. 我碰巧了解他的情況。
C. know of 知道有... 聽說過..側重間接性
I know of the town but I've never been there. 我知道有那麼個鎮子，但從未有過那裏。
活學活用
infinite
英文：Obviously, no company has infinite resources.
中文：顯然，沒有哪個公司的資源是無限的。
