There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth...lust. When he is strong...quarrelsomeness. When he is old...covetousness.
— Confucius
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adj. （級別、地位）較高的;（在質量等方面）較好的;（數量）較多的;上等的;
n. 上級;較好的人[事物]，優勝者;修道院院長;方丈;
?? super在上面+ior表形容詞，較...的 →在上面的，超越的
"vastly superior"
強得多
近義：head, provost, chairman, chief, director, higher
反義：servient, subaltern, subordinate, understrapper, wo, sub
prep. 反對;對…不利;緊靠;以防;
?? gain =against (反對)#詞根助記：反對
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票贊成，五人反對，兩人棄權。
近義：athwart, agin
n. 年輕;青年，小伙子;初期，少年（青年）時期;〈集合詞〉青少年們;
?? 張牙舞爪的“幼獅”（諧音）充滿 青春的活力
"The youth was charged with three counts of burglary."
那位年輕人被控犯有三次盜竊罪。
近義：infancy, youthfulness, adolescence, hobbledehoy, juvenile, lad
反義：senescence, senility, agedness, dotage, eldership, ancientness
n. 強烈的性欲;肉欲，色情;強烈的欲望;渴望，熱烈追求;
vi. 貪求;渴望;好色;
"Their affair was driven by pure lust."
他們私通純粹是受淫欲的驅使。
近義：hunger, aphrodisia, lasciviousness, lechery, lewdness, libido
反義：indifference, stoniness, coldheartedness, coldness, coolness, frigidness
adj. 強的;堅強的;強烈的;強壯的;
adv. 強勁地;猛烈地;大大地;堅強地;
?? 音“死壯“，死壯死壯的像頭牛。
"total abstinence from strong drink"
戒絕烈性酒
近義：heavy, hefty, husky, massive, mighty, muscular
反義：impotent, infirm, labile, languid, languishing, languorous
n. 貪婪；貪心；妄羨
近義：meanness, miserliness, moneygrubbing, niggardliness, avarice, avariciousness