Imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we appreciate each other's differences; one in which we are all equal but definately not the same.
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vt. 想，設想;想像;料想，猜想;誤認為;
vi. 想象;猜想，推測;
?? imag=image圖像+ine...的→有關圖像的→想象
"Imagine my amazement when a 70 - year - old man beat me at tennis."
在網球賽中,我竟被一位70高齡的老人擊敗,請想像一下我當時的驚愕狀態.
近義：ideate, picture, suppose, understand, visualise, visualize
adj. 無聊的，無趣的;令人厭煩的;單調的，乏味的;
n. 鉆孔;鉆屑;
v. 令人厭煩(bore的現在分詞);
?? bor無聊 + ing 名詞后綴，表狀態 → 令人厭煩的,乏味的,無聊的
"She had to entertain some boring local bigwigs."
她不得不款待當地一些無聊的大人物。
近義：perforating, perforation, piercing, punching, drilling, humdrum
反義：important, absorbing
adj. 完美的;正確的;優秀的;極好的;
n. [語]完成時;
?? per全部+fect做→全部做完→完美的；完全的
"Everyone liked my father—he was the perfect gentleman."
大家都喜歡我父親—他是真正的君子。
近義：improve, purify, refine, upgrade, better, meliorate
反義：incomplete, bad, sketchy, unaccomplished, uncompleted, unfinished
vt. 感激;欣賞;領會;鑒別;
vi. （使）增值，漲價;
?? ap一再+preci價值+ate動詞后綴→一再給價→欣賞
"You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation."
看翻譯作品不能真正欣賞到外國文學原著的美妙之處。
近義：prize, treasure, value, admire, esteem, relish
反義：loathe, scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate
adj. 相等的，平等的;平穩的;勢均力敵的;勝任的;
vt. 等于;比得上;使相等;同樣看待;
n. 同樣的人;相等的數量;能與之比擬的東西;（地位、實力等）相同的人;
vi. 相等，相平（與out連用）;
?? equ相等，平均+al形容詞后綴 → 相等的，平等的
"They envision an equal society, free of poverty and disease."
他們向往一個沒有貧窮和疾病的平等社會。
近義：match, parallel, equate, par, peer, neighbor
反義：unmatch, objector, opposer, opposite, rival, trialist
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