Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.
— Samuel Johnson  ·  Quotations

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quotation [kwo'teʃən] 词频3 词根: quot
n. 引用，引证;[商业]行情，行市;行市表，估价单;引用语;
💡 quot=quote引用+ation表行为 →引文，引语
"The book began with a quotation from Goethe."
这本书一开头引用了歌德的隽语。
近义：quote, appraisal, price, estimate
stability [stə'bɪləti] 词频4 词根: stab
n. 稳定（性），稳固;坚定，恒心;
💡 st=stable稳定的+ability能力 → 稳定性
"Peace and stability in the world need the active involvement of China."
世界和平和稳定需有中国的积极参与.
近义：balance, stableness, steadiness, solidity, stiffness, equilibrium 反义：undependability, unreliability, unsteadiness, vacillation, lability
language ['læŋɡwɪdʒ] 词频1 词根: langu
n. 语言，语言文字;表达能力;言语，语风，文风，文体;专门用语，术语;
💡 langu语言+age表示状态、情况及其他 → 语言，语言课程
"theories of child language acquisition"
幼儿语言习得的理论
近义：idiom, speech, tongue, dialect, linguistic, philologic
enlargement [ɪn'lɑrdʒmənt]
n. 放大;放大物;放大的照片;
"The chest X - rays showed moderate enlargement of the heart."
胸部 X 光片显示出心脏稍有扩大.
近义：thickening, increase, increment, intensification, magnification, augment 反义：lessening, letup, recession, remission, shortage, shrinkage
contributes
v. 捐献( contribute的第三人称单数 ); 捐助; 撰稿; 投稿

📜 Samuel Johnson 的更多名言

"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair."
"We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us."
"An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere."
"A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all."
"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."
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🏷 更多「Quotations」名言

"What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul."
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"A short saying oft contains much wisdom."
— Sophocles
"I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself."
— Marlene Dietrich
"I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound - if I can remember any of the damn things."
— Dorothy Parker
"After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations."
— H. L. Mencken
"To be amused by what you read--that is the great spring of happy quotations."
— C. E. Montague
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