Childhood, n. The period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.
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n. 童年，兒童時代;早期;
?? child孩子+hood表名詞，“時期，性質等” →童年
"I always associate the smell of baking with my childhood."
一聞到烘烤食物的味道我就想起了童年。
近義：infancy, babyhood, boyhood, girlhood
反義：senescence, senility, agedness, dotage, eldership, ancientness
n. 時期;（一段）時間;學時;句號;
adj. 具有某個時代特征的;（關于）過去某一特定歷史時期的;（家具、服飾、建筑等）某一時代的;
?? peri周圍，靠近+od道路→周期
"The overthrow of the military regime was followed by a period of anarchy."
軍事統(tǒng)治政權被推翻以后，接著是一段時期的無政府狀態(tài)。
近義：term, time, season, spell, bout, chapter
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
adj. 中間的，中級的;
n. 中間物，中間分子，中間人;
vi. 調解：充當調解人，調解;干涉;
?? inter 在…之間，相互 + medi中間 + ate 做、造成 → a.中間的；中級的
"This country is now at an intermediate stage of development."
這個國家目前正處于發(fā)展的中間階段.
近義：arbitrate, intervene, mediate, referee, middle
反義：outdoor, outer, outlying, outside, outward, superficial
n. 蠢笨;愚行;諷刺劇;
?? fool(愚人)+y(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→愚笨；愚行
"an act of sheer folly"
純粹愚蠢的行動
近義：idiocy, muddleheadedness, nonsense, senselessness, stupidity, bullshit
反義：judgement, judgment, reasonableness, sageness, sanity, sensibleness
n. 懊悔;悔恨;自責;同情;
?? re回，反+mors咬+e→反過來咬自己→悔恨
"I felt guilty and full of remorse."
我感到內疚，并且非常懊悔。
近義：lament, regret, repent, rue, pang, penitence
反義：apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, imperturbability, indifference, indolence
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"TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally."