Lesson 3 An unknown goddess 【单词列表】

prosper  ^{(vi.) 繁荣、兴旺}

• A company can’t prosper without investment.^{没有投资，公司无法繁荣。}

prosperity  ^{(n.) 繁荣}

• economic prosperity ^经济繁荣
• We’ll keep the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong at any cost.^{我们将不惜一切代价保持香港的繁荣与稳定。}
• One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.^{一百年后，黑人仍然生活在贫穷的孤岛上，被物质繁荣的汪洋大海包围。}

thrive / flourish  ^{(vi.) 繁荣、兴盛}

• A company can’t thrive / flourish without investment.^{没有投资，公司无法兴旺。}
• plants that thrive / flourish in tropical rainforests ^{在热带雨林茁壮成长的植物。}
• a thriving / flourishing tourist industry^{繁荣的旅游业。}

常见搭配

• a prosperous country / businessman ^{繁荣的国家 / 成功的商人}
• a thriving / flourishing economy ^{繁荣的经济}

👉 记住：prosper 强调整体发展，thrive / flourish 更侧重于成长和蓬勃发展。

storey → storeys（英式）|  story → stories（美式）

• a two-story house / a two-storey house^{一栋两层的房子}
• The house is two stories high.^{这栋房子有两层高（名字做表语变复数）。}
• a multi-story parking lot. ^{名词做定语习惯用单数}
• a multi-storey car park.^{一个多层停车场。}

 floor^{（楼层，第几层） ——指具体的楼层}

• first floor^（美式）= ground floor^{（英式）一楼（美式英语中，first floor 指一楼，而英式英语中 first floor 指二楼）}
• second floor^（美式）= first floor^{（英式）二楼}
• top floor ^顶层

👉 区别总结

• story / storey ^{用于描述建筑物的层数（整体高度）。}
• floor ^{用于具体指某一层（住在哪一层、去第几层等）。}

sacred  ^{(adj.) 宗教的；神圣的}

• a sacred holiday ^{神圣的节日}
• sacred music ^圣乐
• Mecca is a sacred place.^{麦加是一个圣地。}

 holy  ^{(adj.) 神圣的}

• Holy Bible ^圣经
• holy water ^圣水
• a holy war ^圣战

blessed  ^{(adj.) 受祝福的；有福的}

• the Blessed Virgin Mary ^{圣母玛利亚}
• It is more blessed to give than to receive.^{施比受更有福。}

4. divine  ^{(adj.) 神圣的；上帝的}

• To err is human, to forgive divine. —— Alexander Pope ^{犯错是人之常情，宽恕是神的品质(凡人多舛误唯神能见宥)。}

👉 区别总结

• sacred 强调与宗教或崇拜相关的神圣性。
• holy 更广泛，指神圣的事物、人物或信仰。
• blessed 表示被祝福的，有神的恩典。
• divine 指属于神的、超凡的神圣性。

remains  ^{(n.) 遗物，遗迹，废墟}

• the remains of a meal ^剩饭菜
• His remains are buried in the churchyard. ^{他的遗体埋在教堂墓地。}
• the remains of ancient Rome ^{古罗马遗址}

 the rest of sth.  与 the remainder of sth. ^{这两者都表示“其余的，剩余的”，但用法稍有不同。}

这两个表达是可以互换的，指代“剩余部分”，通常是可数名词或不可数名词的剩余。

 what is left of sth. 与what remains of sth.

• what is left of sth. 和 what remains of sth. ^{是相同含义的表达，都指“剩余部分”。}
• Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake.^{只有两只流浪狗从所有的混乱中受益，它们贪婪地吃掉了剩余的蛋糕。}
• It is recounted of Thomas Carlyle that when he heard of the illness of his friend, Henry Taylor, he went off immediately to visit him, carrying with him in his pocket what remained of a bottle of medicine formerly prescribed for an indisposition of Mrs. Carlyle’s.^{据说托马斯·卡莱尔听说他的朋友亨利·泰勒生病后，立即去看望他，并带着他口袋里剩余的曾经为卡莱尔夫人开具的药瓶。}

小结

• remains 常用来指代历史遗物或物品的残留部分（如“遗体”或“古遗址”）。
• the rest of 和 the remainder of 都表示“剩余的部分”，其中 the rest of 更口语化，the remainder of 更正式。
• what is left of 和 what remains of 可以互换，表示“剩余部分”。

Classical vs. Classic

Electric vs. Electrical

Historic vs. Historical

Economic vs. Economical

Politic vs. Political

记忆技巧

• 带 -al 的词通常表示**"与……有关的"广义概念**，而无 -al 的词更具体、实用
• 有些词如 economical / electrical / historical 有明确的语义区别，需特别记忆和熟悉语境

rest on / upon ^{表示依赖于 / 建立在……基础上}

• Columbus’ decision to sail west rests on his belief that the world is round.^{哥伦布决定向西航行的依据是他相信地球是圆的。}

• While the quality of legal journalism varies greatly, there is an undue reliance amongst many journalists on interpretations supplied to them by lawyers.^{尽管法律新闻的质量差异很大，许多记者过度依赖律师提供的解释。}
• While comment and reaction from lawyers may enhance stories, it is preferable for journalists to rely on their own notions of significance and make their own judgments.^{虽然律师的评论和反应可以丰富报道内容，但记者更应该依赖自己的判断力与价值判断。}

✅ 小结口诀记忆：rest、base、found 是“建在…上”的感觉，depend、rely 是“靠着活下去”。主动用 rest / depend / rely，被动用 based / founded。rely 多带信任味，depend 更泛日常事。