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William Shakespeare "A fool thinks himself to be wise"

 

“A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

by William Shakespeare

 

古語有云:「大智若愚。」英國大文豪、劇作家莎士比亞也有類似的看法,翻譯過來,就是:「愚者以為智,智者識己愚」。矛盾嗎?

 

Antonyms 反義詞

Examples:

beautiful, ugly

expensive, cheap

dead, alive

remember, forget

before, after

give, receive

 

There are three types of antonyms in English:

1) Gradable antonyms 

They represent a more or less relation and allow comparison; the denial of one does not imply the assertion of the other; they can be pre-modified by intensifiers such as “very”

例子:beautiful vs. ugly; expensive vs. cheap

 

2) Contradictory antonyms

They represent an either/or relation; the denial of one implies the assertion of the other; they are not used with intensifiers

例子:dead vs. alive; remember vs. forget

 

3) Converse antonyms

One expresses the converse meaning of the other

例子:1 is before 2. =  2 is after 1.

例子:Crystal gave Danny a gift. = Danny received from Crystal a gift.