The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposeful lives. To be engaged in a desperate struggle for food and shelter is to be wholly free from a sense of futility.
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n. 挨餓;饑餓;餓死;絕食;
?? starv=starve使餓死+ation表名詞 →饑餓
"Many people die of starvation during famines every year."
每年發生饑荒時都有許多人餓死.
近義：hunger, inanition, famine
反義：apathy, indifference, weariness, apositia, hyporexia, anorexia
adj. 絕望的;由絕望而引起的;鋌而走險的，孤注一擲的;急切的，極度渴望的;
?? de去掉+sper希望+ate動詞后綴→去掉希望→絕望的
"The prisoners grew increasingly desperate."
犯人因絕望而越來越膽大妄為。
近義：hopeless, overcome, despairful, despairing, despondent, excessive
反義：idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
n. 感覺，官能;意識，觀念;理性;識別力;
vt. 感到;理解，領會;檢測出;
?? sens(feel)+e(名詞后綴)→感官；知覺；意義；判斷力；感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
adj. 貧窮的，貧乏的;令人憐憫的，可憐的;匱乏的;低劣的;
n. the poor 貧困者，窮人;
?? 穿破（po）衣服的人（or），是因為 貧窮的
"Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor."
向富人征收的稅應該比窮人的多.
近義：indigent, impecunious, landless, meager, miserly, needy
反義：loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
borderline
['b?:d??lain]
n. 分界線，國界線;
adj. 邊界上的;邊界附近的;曖昧的;不明確的;
"In borderline cases teachers will take the final decision, based on the student's previous work."
在難以定奪的情況下，教師將根據學生先前的作業做出最終評分。
近義：limit, abutment, precinct, purlieu, border, boundary
vi. 生存;居住;生活，過活;在生活中得到享受;
vt. 經歷;度過;
"We cannot live without water."
沒有水我們不能生存。
近義：last, reside, be, sojourn, subsist, dwell
反義：perish, vanish, part, croak, decease, depart