Miserable mortals who, like leaves, at one moment flame with life, eating the produce of the land, and at another moment weakly perish.
— Homer
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adj. 悲慘的;令人痛苦的;太少的;卑鄙的;
?? miser可憐+able...的 → 可憐的
"The final two months were a miserable coda to the President's first period in office."
總統(tǒng)首屆任期的最后兩個(gè)月非常糟糕。
近義：unfortunate, wretch, lamentable, luckless, pitiful, ragged
反義：jammy, lucky, privileged, successful, happy
n. 瞬間，片刻;時(shí)刻;重要，緊要;[物]力矩;
?? mom(move)+ent(名詞后綴)→瞬間；片刻；重要
"The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up."
小丑一出現(xiàn)在舞臺(tái)上, 觀眾們個(gè)個(gè)笑得前俯后仰.
近義：instant, tick, time, while, bit, flash
反義：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife
n. 火焰;熱情，激情;〈俚〉愛(ài)人，情人;激動(dòng);
vi. 燃燒，發(fā)出火焰;面紅;閃光;
vt. 燒;激起，激怒;
?? flame=flam火焰 → n.火焰；光輝；熱情
"The flame of the burning candle soon went out."
蠟燭的火焰很快就熄滅了.
近義：incandesce, radiate, shine, sparkle, wave, beam
vt.& vi. 生產(chǎn);產(chǎn)生;制作;創(chuàng)作;
vt. 制造;出示;引起;[經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)]生利;
n. 產(chǎn)品;產(chǎn)量;產(chǎn)額;結(jié)果;
?? pro向前+duce引導(dǎo)，帶來(lái)→引向前→生產(chǎn)
"We expect writers to produce more and better works."
我們期望作家們寫(xiě)出更多更好的作品.
近義：induce, make, net, pay, procure, render
反義：use, spend, deplete, dissipate, drain, exhaust
vi. 死亡，喪生;毀滅;腐爛，枯萎;老化;
vt. 使麻木;使毀壞;
?? per(throughly)+ish(to go)→死；毀滅
"Crowns and thrones may perish."
王權(quán)不會(huì)永存.
近義：part, croak, decease, depart, die, expire
反義：live, persist, stand, subsist, survive
n. 生活，生計(jì);生命，性命;一生，壽命;人生，塵世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎沒(méi)有目標(biāo)。
近義：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反義：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end