The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.
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n. 努力，嘗試;工作;成就;杰作;
?? ef出+fort強大，力量→出力→努力
"She made a feeble effort to get to school on time."
她努力想按時趕到學(xué)校,但未成功.
近義：intent, pledge, pull, push, spirit, struggle
反義：heartsickness, hopelessness, intimidation, lassitude, tiredness, weariness
vt.& vi. 懂，理解;
vt. 了解;默認(rèn);聽說;領(lǐng)會;
?? under(under)+stand→懂；了解；通曉；認(rèn)為
"That's just an approximation, you understand."
你知道那僅僅是近似值。
近義：ideate, imagine, apprehend, interpret, assimilate, penetrate
反義：misapprehend, misconstrue, mishear, misinterpret, misrepresent, misread
n. 宇宙;天地萬物; 經(jīng)驗領(lǐng)域;
?? uni一個+vers轉(zhuǎn)向+e→統(tǒng)一旋轉(zhuǎn)→宇宙
"Scientists disagree about how the universe was created."
科學(xué)家對宇宙是怎樣形成的有分歧。
近義：world, cosmos
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
n. 笑劇，鬧劇;滑稽劇;
vt. 用笑話補充、描述;〈古〉填充;
?? farc 表示滑稽,胡鬧
"They played a shameful [ despicable ] role in this farce."
他們在這場鬧劇中扮演了可恥 [ 鄙 ] 的角色.
近義：humbug, lie, play, show, travesty, vignette
反義：sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
n. 恩澤;優(yōu)雅;慈悲;魅力;
v. 使優(yōu)美;惠賜;
?? grace=grat 感激→ 感激別人態(tài)度一定好 → 文雅
"How long has Grace been involved with that red - haired boy?"
格雷斯與那個紅頭發(fā)的小伙子來往多久了?
近義：benedicite, honor, adorn, dignify, appeal, invitingness
反義：impoliteness, inelegance, abrasiveness, abruptness, asperity, rawness