Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.
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n. 幸福;高興;恰當;合適;
?? happi=happy快樂+ness表名詞→ 幸福,快樂
"I wish you the life of happiness and prosperity."
我祝你生活幸福、萬事如意.
近義：joy, pleasure, bliss, blithe, eudaemonia, eudaimonia
反義：misery, misfortune, sadness, wretchedness, infelicity, discontent
adj. 想像中的，假想的，虛構的;[數]虛數的;幻;虛幻;
?? imag想象+in=ine表名詞+ary...的 →想象的
"The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the earth."
赤道是一條假想的環繞地球腰部的線。
近義：hypothetical, illusional, illusionary, illusive, illusory, imaginative
反義：legitimate, authentic, sterling, true, truthful, unfeigned
n. 狀態;環境;健康狀況;條款;
vt. 制約;限制;使習慣于;使適應;
vt.& vi. 對…具有重要影響;影響（某事發生的方式）;保持（頭發或皮膚等的）健康;養護;
?? con共同+dit給予+ion抽象名詞→共同給出的東西 → 條件
"The car was in A1 condition."
汽車狀況好極了。
近義：fitness, shape, capacitate, prepare, fit, fix
反義：impair, jumble, mess, muss, overset, overturn
adj. 活（著）的;現存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生計;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的現在分詞);居住;以…為生;（按照規矩）管理生活;
?? liv生活+ing名詞后綴 → 生活，生計
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住條件極為惡劣。
近義：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反義：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
adv. 通常，經常，平常，慣常地;一直，向來;動不動，一般;素;
?? usual通常的+ly副詞后綴→通常地，慣常地
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常認為，蒸餾法是阿拉伯人在11世紀發明的。
近義：invariably, mostly, normally, oft, often, oftentimes
反義：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
adv. 原來，原先;以前，從前;剛才;先頭;
"We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard."
我們現在享受到了過去只是聽說過的那些舒適條件.
近義：heretofore, once, previously, rather, thereinbefore, whilom
反義：lately, now, presently, recently, today, currently