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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Does "fired by adolescent enthusiasm" mean "inspired and energized by adolescent enthusiasm"?
Context:
I REMEMBER very well the time I was captured by the dream of uni-
fied learning. It was in the early fall of 1947, when at eighteen I came
up from Mobile to Tuscaloosa to enter my sophomore year at the Uni-
versity of Alabama. A beginning biologist, fired by adolescent enthusi-
asm but short on theory and vision, I had schooled myself in natural
history with field guides carried in a satchel during solitary excursions
into the woodlands and along the freshwater streams of my native
state. I saw science, by which I meant (and in my heart I still mean) the
study of ants, frogs, and snakes, as a wonderful way to stay outdoors.
I REMEMBER very well the time I was captured by the dream of uni-
fied learning. It was in the early fall of 1947, when at eighteen I came
up from Mobile to Tuscaloosa to enter my sophomore year at the Uni-
versity of Alabama. A beginning biologist, fired by adolescent enthusi-
asm but short on theory and vision, I had schooled myself in natural
history with field guides carried in a satchel during solitary excursions
into the woodlands and along the freshwater streams of my native
state. I saw science, by which I meant (and in my heart I still mean) the
study of ants, frogs, and snakes, as a wonderful way to stay outdoors.
Top answer
fired by = fueled, fed, encouraged adolescent enthusiasm = the innocent joy of a teenager
- fired by = fueled, fed, encouraged adolescent enthusiasm = the innocent joy of a teenager
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fired by = fueled, fed, encouraged
adolescent enthusiasm = the innocent joy of a teenager
adolescent enthusiasm = the innocent joy of a teenager
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