My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia.
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n. 港口，安全地方;避難所，安息所;
vt. 把（船）開進(jìn)港;為…提供避難場所;掩護(hù);
?? hav持有+en表示場所→有[全部]的場所 → 避難所
"They haven't formally announced their engagement yet."
他們還沒有正式宣布訂婚。
近義：asylum, protection, refuge, roof, sanctuary, shelter
adj. 最大值的，最大量的;
n. 最大的量、體積、強(qiáng)度等;
?? maxi=max大的+mum表名詞 → 最大的
"It was Mann who structured the agenda for maximum efficiency."
是曼制定這個取得最大效率的議程的.
近義：high, peak, summit, apex, maximal, meridian
反義：low, least, lowest, lowliest, measly, minimum
n. 安全;保證，擔(dān)保;保護(hù)，防護(hù);有價證券;
adj. 安全的，保安的，保密的;
?? se分開+cur關(guān)心+ity抽象名詞，性質(zhì)狀態(tài) → 安全；證券
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一個突然變得陌生而危險的世界里，他是她唯一的守護(hù)神。
近義：prevention, safety, care, protection, safeguard, safeness
n. 黎明，黃昏，暮光;暮年，晚期，晚年;衰退期，沒落時期;<電影>暮光之城;
?? twi二，兩+light光→黑白光交替 → 黎明
"It was hard to see him clearly in the twilight ."
在朦朧的暮色中很難看清他。
近義：penumbra, semidarkness, crepuscule, crepuscle, dark, dimness
反義：night, nightfall, nighttime, sundown, nite, afternoon
n. 母親，媽媽;女修道院院長;大娘;
vt. 像母親般地照顧;養(yǎng)育;溺愛;
?? 莫(mo)非這個(the)人(r)是 媽媽？
"The baby had been abandoned by its mother."
這個嬰兒被母親遺棄了。
近義：mamma, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mum
反義：child, descendant, girl
adj. 用過的;習(xí)慣于;二手的;舊的;
v. 使用（ use的過去式和過去分詞）;常常，經(jīng)常;
"Things ain't what they used to be."
現(xiàn)在情況不比從前了。
近義：outworn, worn, utilized, wonted, accustomed
反義：unused, unworn