有人說,要深入理解英語,就必須先學好拉丁語。我不同意這種說法。

I don't agree with the theory that one should learn Latin in order to better understand English.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 有人 yǒurén
  1. someone
  2. people
  3. anyone
  4. there is someone there
  5. occupied (as in restroom)
=2 shuì to persuade
=2 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=2 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=2 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
=3 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=3 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=3 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭要袅
4 深入 shēn
  1. to penetrate deeply
  2. thorough
5 理解 jiě to comprehend; to understand
6 英語 Yīng English (language)
7 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
8 必須
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. compulsory
  4. necessarily
=9 xiān
  1. beforehand; first; earlier
  2. at first; originally
  3. for the time being; for now
  4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
=9 xiǎn only used in 先馬先马
10 學好 xuéhǎo to follow good examples
=11 拉丁語 dīng Latin (language)
=11 拉丁語 dīng the Latin language
12
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
13 不同 tóng
  1. different
  2. distinct
  3. not the same
  4. not alike
=14 Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利 )
=14
  1. idea
  2. meaning
  3. thought
  4. to think
  5. wish
  6. desire
  7. intention
  8. to expect
  9. to anticipate
15 這種 zhèzhǒng this kind of
=16 說法 shuō to expound Buddhist teachings
=16 說法 shuōfa
  1. way of speaking
  2. wording
  3. formulation
  4. one's version (of events)
  5. statement
  6. theory
  7. hypothesis
  8. interpretation