If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure.
如果我們煙癮大，戒不掉，那是因為屢戒屢敗，失去信心。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 50 New Year resolutions
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 剩余物，殘骸;殘余;遺跡;遺體;
vi. 留下;保持;留待;依然;
vi.& link-v. 擱置;剩余，剩下;逗留;終屬，歸于;
?? re回+main逗留→回來留下→剩余
"The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous ."
這筆款子是當地一位不愿透露姓名的企業家捐贈的。
近義：keep, stay, get, persevere, hold, continue
反義：vary, alter
inveterate
[?n'v?t?r?t]
adj. （指人）有惡習的，成癮的;（指習慣等）根深蒂固的;痼;
?? in里面+veter老+ate動詞后綴 →根深蒂固的
"I am sometimes accused of being an inveterate poseur."
有時有人說我慣于裝模作樣。
近義：ingrained, irradicable, rooted, hardwired, chronic, entrenched
conj. 因為;
?? cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,訴訟
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所屬政黨的關系而被捕。
近義：since, whereas, for, forasmuchas
n. 失敗，不及格;缺乏，不足;破產，倒閉;失敗的事，失敗者;
?? fail犯錯誤，欺騙+ure名詞后綴→錯誤狀態→失敗
"The Prime Minister expressed her regret at the failure of the talks."
首相對談判失敗表示遺憾.
近義：impairment, malfunction, breakdown, diddly, damage, turkey
反義：hit, arrival, success, trump, vanquishing, victory
adv. 常常;經常;時常;再三;
?? 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 經常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反義：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes