In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer.
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adj. 令人難于忍受的;難堪的;令人厭煩的;
v. 試圖( try的現在分詞);試驗，嘗試;審訊;
?? try(考驗)+ing(形容詞后綴)→難堪的；使人痛苦的
"an ageing pop star trying to stage a comeback"
試圖重返歌壇的已經上了年紀的流行音樂歌星
近義：arduous, irksome, labored, laborious, nagging, nervy
adj. 急迫的;催促的;強求的;極力主張的;
?? urg緊急+ent具有...性質的→緊急的；強求的
"an urgent appeal for information"
緊急呼吁提供信息
近義：immediate, imperious, peremptory, pressing, rush, tight
反義：deferrable
adj. 絕望的;由絕望而引起的;鋌而走險的，孤注一擲的;急切的，極度渴望的;
?? de去掉+sper希望+ate動詞后綴→去掉希望→絕望的
"The prisoners grew increasingly desperate."
犯人因絕望而越來越膽大妄為。
近義：hopeless, overcome, despairful, despairing, despondent, excessive
反義：idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
n. 寬慰，安心;免除，減輕;救援物資;代班人;
?? re再+lief提高，變輕 → 減輕，輕松
"It was a great relief to be back on dry land after such a rough crossing."
渡過洶涌澎湃的大海回到陸地后使人長舒一口氣。
近義：help, lessening, letup, lull, assuagement, mitigation
反義：heartsickness, lassitude, malism, melancholy, mournfulness, prostration
n. 祈禱;祈禱（習慣）;祈禱文;經文;
?? pray祈禱 + er表物 →禱文,禱辭
"We concluded the meeting at eight o'clock with a prayer."
我們在八點鐘以祈禱結束了會議.
近義：invocation, petition, prayers, praying, rogation, summoning
反義：moaning, profanity, vituperation, curse
adj. 某一;必然的;已確定的;
pron. [動詞用復數]某些;
"Federal courts have a certain cachet which state courts lack."
聯邦法院有某種州法院所缺乏的特別的東西.
近義：some, inarguable, indisputable, indubitable, invariable, irrefragable
反義：neither, implausible, improbable, uncertain, unlikely, avoidable