Manifest plainness,Embrace simplicity,Reduce selfishness,Have few desires.
— Lao-tzu
· Simplicity
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
vt. 顯示，表明;證明;使顯現(xiàn);
adj. 明白的，明顯的;
n. 貨單，旅客名單;
?? mani手+fest打擊→用手打出→不隱藏→明顯的v表明；證實(shí)
"It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries."
他們使國(guó)家進(jìn)行工業(yè)現(xiàn)代化,明顯失敗了.
近義：reveal, say, show, state, vent, clarify
反義：mask, obscure, occult, screen, secrete, shade
n. 簡(jiǎn)單，樸素;質(zhì)樸，天真;卑賤;無(wú)知;
?? simpl=simple簡(jiǎn)單的+icity名詞后綴，表性質(zhì)、情況、狀態(tài)→簡(jiǎn)單，簡(jiǎn)明
"the characterization of physics as the study of simplicity"
把物理學(xué)界定為一門探求簡(jiǎn)單規(guī)律的學(xué)問(wèn)
近義：homeliness, ingenuousness, innocence, artlessness, naivete, naivety
反義：intricacy, mess, sophistication, complicacy, complication, gnarliness
vt. 減少;縮小;使還原;使變?nèi)?
vi. 減少;節(jié)食;蒸發(fā);（液體）濃縮變稠;
?? re回+duce引導(dǎo)，帶來(lái)→往回引→降低，減少
"The company has strenuously defended its decision to reduce the workforce."
公司竭力為其裁員的決定辯護(hù).
近義：lessen, lower, muffle, attenuate, restrain, slacken
反義：heighten, hike, hypo, increment, intensify, magnify
vt.& vi. 擁抱;
vt. 包括;包含;接受;信奉;
n. 擁抱，懷抱;
?? em進(jìn)入…之中，包圍+brace胳膊→進(jìn)入懷抱 → 擁抱
"He held her to him in a warm embrace."
他熱列地?fù)肀?
近義：hold, hug, clasp, cuddle, embosom, honor
反義：quit, reject, relinquish, resign, waive, abandon
n. 自私;自我中心;利己主義;任性;
"Love is the antithesis of selfishness."
愛(ài)是自私的對(duì)立面。
近義：self, selfhood, egoism, egotism
反義：humanitarianism, largeheartedness, largess, largesse, liberality, munificence
n. 平坦, 明白, 正直\\n[化] 平坦度
近義：homeliness, simplicity, straightforwardness, unambiguousness, frankness, naturalness