Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

                                                                                                             ——Benjamin Franklin

未受教育的天才，犹如矿中之银。

                                                                                                             ——富兰克林  本杰明

 

 

一、你知道without有几种含义吗？

adv.

1.在户外

Without and beyond, the world lay in darkness, ignorance, and savagery.

在外面和较远的一边，世界处于黑暗、无知和野性中。

2.没有或不显示某事物

Do you want a room with a balcony or one without?

你想要带阳台的房间还是不带阳台的？

n.

3.外部；外面

prep.

1.无、未经历或未显出（某事物）

Poverty is not a sufficient cause of disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself is a disgrace

贫穷并不可耻，穷而不争气才可耻。

2.在无（某人、某事物）的情况下；无（某人、某事物）

Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume.

美而无德犹如花之无香。

3.不使用（某事物）

Dryland farming is a system of producing crops in arid and semiarid regions without the use of irrigation.

旱地耕作法是一种在干旱或半干旱土地上不使用灌溉方法生产作物的耕作制度。

4.与-ing形式连用，表示‘不、无、没’等

It goes without saying that home is the warmest place in the world.

不用说，家是世界上最温暖的地方。

5.【古】在（某物）之外；在…范围以外

I think that without my flesh I will see God.

我想在皮肉灭绝之后，方可在肉体之外见得到神。

 

二、学会without的用法了吗？来做个小测试吧

There is no garden ________its weeds.
没有不长杂草的花园。