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Parading Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
do you know what 'cheerful' means in this sentence?
i extracted some sentences in the paragraph of the book "Watchman's Rattle" by Rebecca Costa.
The clash of religions, and civilizations. she argues, is not the cause of our difficulties but a consequence fo them. The same is true of the global water shortage, climate change, the decline of carbon-based energy, our cheerful desruction of the remaining natural envionment, and all the other calamities close to or upon us...
is there anybody who explain what 'cheerful' means in this sentence? i can't understand what 'cheerful' means correlated to destruction. i think 'cheerful' means someone's personality who have happy or pleasant disposition. but what it means relevant to destruction? i feel those are oppositie connotation. Can you help me? :-)
The clash of religions, and civilizations. she argues, is not the cause of our difficulties but a consequence fo them. The same is true of the global water shortage, climate change, the decline of carbon-based energy, our cheerful desruction of the remaining natural envionment, and all the other calamities close to or upon us...
is there anybody who explain what 'cheerful' means in this sentence? i can't understand what 'cheerful' means correlated to destruction. i think 'cheerful' means someone's personality who have happy or pleasant disposition. but what it means relevant to destruction? i feel those are oppositie connotation. Can you help me? :-)
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First of all, please note that all sentences should begin with a capital letter, and that the word "I" should always be capitalised. In standard English, "i" is always wrong. "cheerful" means unthinkingly or uncaringly cheerful -- behaving without properly considering or caring about the consequences.
- First of all, please note that all sentences should begin with a capital letter, and that the word "I" should always be capitalised.
- In standard English, "i" is always wrong.
- "cheerful" means unthinkingly or uncaringly cheerful -- behaving without properly considering or caring about the consequences.
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First of all, please note that all sentences should begin with a capital letter, and that the word "I" should always be capitalised. In standard English, "i" is always wrong.
"cheerful" means unthinkingly or uncaringly cheerful -- behaving without properly considering or caring about the consequences.
"cheerful" means unthinkingly or uncaringly cheerful -- behaving without properly considering or caring about the consequences.
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