Think it the greatest impiety to prefer life to disgrace, and for the sake of life to lose the reason for living.
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prefer [pr?'f?] 詞頻1 詞根: fer
vt. 更喜歡;提升,提拔;給予(債權人)優先權;提出(控告); vi. 更喜歡,寧愿;
?? pre預先+fer帶來,拿來→預先帶好→更喜歡
"The play is okay, but I still prefer the book."
戲還可以, 可我仍愿讀原著.
近義:select, choose 反義:loathe, scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate
disgrace [d?s'ɡres] 詞頻2 詞根: grat
n. 丟臉;恥辱;不光彩;丟臉的人(或事); vt. 使丟臉;使失寵;使受恥辱;貶黜;
?? dis 不 + grace優雅 →恥辱, 失寵, 丟臉的人(或事)
"Her behaviour has brought disgrace on her family."
她的行為使家人蒙羞。
近義:insult, libel, mistreat, offend, outrage, abuse 反義:honour, magnify, praise, regard, revere, reverence
living ['l?v??] 詞頻1
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
think [θ??k] 詞頻1
vt. 想;思索;以為;看待; vi. 思辯;考慮;構想;回憶; adj. 深思的;供思考的; n. 想;想法;
?? 深刻(諧音):深刻的思 想 我在想(think)該如何感謝(thank)他們
"They'll think you're being antisocial if you don't go."
要是你不去,他們就會認為你不合群。
近義:imagine, meditate, mull, perpend, ponder, ratiocinate
impiety [[im'pai?ti]]
n. 無信仰, 不虔誠, 不孝
近義:irreligion, irreligiousness, profanity, ungodliness, unholiness 反義:ardor, ardour, loyalty, obedience, piousness, devotedness
life [la?f] 詞頻1
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

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