and when he flirts with fame, he is taking time off from living with himself,
當他沽名釣譽時，他就脫離了自我生活，
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 39 What every writer wants
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 名聲;名望;傳聞;傳說;
vt. 使聞名;使出名;使有名望;<古>盛傳;
?? fa, fabl, fam, fan =speak,表示”說”#詞根助記：名聲是靠口口相傳的
"the Country Music Hall of Fame"
鄉村音樂名人堂
近義：name, notoriety, popularity, prestige, remarkableness, renown
反義：belittling, discredit, disrepute
adj. 活（著）的;現存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生計;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的現在分詞);居住;以…為生;（按照規矩）管理生活;
?? liv生活+ing名詞后綴 → 生活，生計
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住條件極為惡劣。
近義：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反義：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 取得, 捕獲, 進款\\na. 迷人的, 可愛的, 會傳染的
近義：overtaking, takeover, capture, appealing, inviting, lovely
n. 時間;時刻;時代;次;
vt. 為…安排時間;測定…的時間;調準（機械的）速度;撥準（鐘、表）的快慢;
vi. 合拍;和諧;打拍子;
adj. 定時的;定期的;[美國英語]分期（付款）的;
int. [體育]時間到，（一場或一局等的）比賽時限，暫停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能帶兩個。
近義：clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon
pron. （反身代詞）他自己;（用以加強語氣）他親自，他本人;
"Yielding himself to his feelings of worthlessness, he tried to kill himself."
他總是覺得自己一無是處, 便企圖自殺.
近義：herself, him, itself, oneself, themselves, yourself