Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.
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n. 失望,掃興;令人失望的行為(人);
?? dis 不、無、相反 + appoint 任命 + ment 表示行為、行為的過程或結(jié)果 → n.失望;沮喪
"Book early for the show to avoid disappointment."
欲看演出,從速訂票,以免失望。
近義:letdown, nonevent, tiff, blow, chagrin, degringolade
反義:hope, aspiration, yearning, fantasy, dream, dreaming
n. 治療法;補(bǔ)救辦法;糾正辦法;(硬幣的)公差;
vt. 改正,糾正,改進(jìn);補(bǔ)救;治療;
?? med 表”醫(yī)生,治療”#詞根助記:re從新+med
"There is no simple remedy for unemployment."
失業(yè)問題沒有簡單的解決辦法。
近義:heal, mend, rectify, repair, correct, cure
反義:intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate
n. 成熟;完備;(票據(jù)等的)到期;[地]壯年期;
"He has maturity beyond his years."
他過于老成。
近義:ripeness, validity, deadline, duedate, expiration, expiry
反義:jejuneness, jejunity, callowness, childishness, infancy, youthfulness
adj. 苦的;尖銳的;嚴(yán)寒的;懷恨的,憤憤不平的;
n. 苦;苦味物;苦啤酒;[航]系纜柱上的一圈纜索;
adv. 激烈地;痛苦地;嚴(yán)厲地;
vt. 使變苦;
?? better-bitter:好的東西往往有點(diǎn) 苦{良藥苦口}
"a long and bitter dispute"
漫長的激烈爭論
近義:astringency, pungency, sourness, tartness, bitterness, amertume
反義:honeyed, mellow, sirupy, sugary, syrupy, hearty
conj. 除非,如果不;
prep. 除了,…除外;
"The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge."
如果沒有更多的作家和藝術(shù)家出現(xiàn),這個國家的文化生活將衰退。
近義:save, except
n. 笑,笑聲;〈古〉好笑的事;〈美俚〉力量懸殊得可笑的體育比賽;大笑;
"a bark of laughter"
一聲大笑
近義:heehaw, laugh, laughing, mirth, tehee