All your life you live so close to truth it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye. And when something nudges it into outline, it's like being ambushed by a grotesque.
?? 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
adj. 緊密的;親密的;親近的;
vt. 關;結束;使靠近;
vi. 關;結束;關閉;
adv. 緊密地;
n. 結束;
?? clud(shut)→關閉；結束；接近的；親近的；準確的
"a close ally and friend of the prime minister"
首相的一個親密盟友和伙伴
近義：lock, seal, shut, quadrate, tally, solemnize
反義：unclose, unlatch, unlock, unseal, unfold, induct
n. 真理;真相，事實;忠實，忠誠;現實，現實性;
?? tru相信，真實+th抽象名詞 →事實，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反義：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
adj. 永久（性）的，永恒的，不變的，耐久的，持久的，經久的;穩定的;常務的，常設的;
n. 電燙發，燙發;
?? per貫穿，自始至終+man拿住+ent形容詞后綴→永久拿住→永恒的
"They are now living together on a permanent basis."
他們現在決定長期同住。
近義：perm, staff, tenured, immutable, lasting, lifelong
反義：passing, temporary, transient, transitional, transitory, nonpermanent
n. 梗概，大綱，提綱，草稿，要點，主要原則;外形，輪廓，輪廓線，輪廓畫法，略圖（畫法）;
vt. 概述;略述;畫輪廓，打草圖，描略圖;
?? out外，出+line線條→外部線條→大綱
"The outline of the mountain in the distance is dim."
遠處山脈的輪廓隱隱約約.
近義：paint, pencil, portray, represent, roughcast, schematize
adj. 怪誕的，荒誕不經的;奇形怪狀的;
n. 奇形怪狀的東西;奇異風格;
?? grot巖洞+esque如...的→怪誕的 ，巖洞里的畫是怪誕的；參考：grotto巖洞，洞室
"She has become a grotesque parody of her former elegant self."
她成為了以前那個舉止優雅的自己的怪誕模仿品.
近義：heinous, horrible, inhumane, atrocious, outrageous, ungodly
反義：lovable, lovely, neat, nice, pretty, sweet
n. 生活，生計;生命，性命;一生，壽命;人生，塵世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎沒有目標。
近義：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反義：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end