All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.
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human ['hjum?n] 詞頻1 詞根: hum
n. 人,人類; adj. 人的;有人性的;顯示人類特有弱點的;人本性的;
?? hum土,地+an名詞后綴,屬于...的,傳說人是由土造出的 → 人類
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老師打了個比喻,把人的心臟比作水泵。
近義:mortal
nature ['net??] 詞頻1 詞根: 出生
n. 自然;天性;天理;類型;
?? nat出生的+ure狀態→出生狀態→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
兩黨制的對抗性
近義:milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment
compulsion [k?m'p?l??n] 詞頻5 詞根: com
n. 強迫;強制;沖動;打動人的力量;
?? com共同+puls驅動,推+ion名詞后綴→共同推→強制
"You are under no compulsion to pay immediately."
沒有人強迫你立刻付款。
近義:mania, obsession, addiction, dependence, fixedness 反義:apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, lassitude
habit ['h?b?t] 詞頻1 詞根: hab
n. 習慣,習性;氣質;宗教服裝; vt. 給…穿衣服;打扮;
?? habit表示居住 → 久居 → 習慣;習性
"He was not in the habit of ogling women."
他沒有盯著女人看個沒完的習慣。
近義:practice, prevalence, routine, tradition, usage, usance 反義:oblivion, obsolescence, obsoleteness, desuetude
passion ['p???n] 詞頻2 詞根: pass
n. 激情,熱情;熱心,愛好;熱戀;酷愛; vt.&vi. [詩歌用語]表露強烈感情,顯示巨大熱情;
?? pass感情+ion名詞后綴 →熱情,激情
"That child stamps her foot when she is in a passion."
那女孩一發脾氣就跺腳.
近義:infatuation, inflaming, ardor, obsession, paroxysm, vehemence 反義:aboulia, apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indolence, informality
chance [t??ns] 詞頻1
n. 機會,機遇;概率,可能性;偶然,運氣; v. 偶然發生;冒險;碰巧;偶然被發現; adj. 意外的;偶然的;碰巧的;
?? 碰巧有 機會闡(chan)述我的計策(ce)
"I would do it if I had the chance."
如果我有機會的話,我也會那么做。
近義:hazard, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, risk, stake 反義:assurance, assuredness, obviousness, palpability, patency, positiveness

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