It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
n. 重要性;重要地位，顯著;驕傲，自大;
?? im進(jìn)+port拿，運(yùn)+ance名詞后綴→帶有意義的狀態(tài)→重要性
"an awareness of the importance of eating a healthy diet"
認(rèn)識(shí)到健康飲食的重要性
近義：influence, ascendancy, predominance, prevalence, prominence, pull
反義：nonissue, pinhead, smallness, trifle, insignificancy
adj. <口>渴望，切盼;垂死的，臨終的;會(huì)死的;快熄滅的;
v. “die”的現(xiàn)在分詞;
"He conjured them with his dying breath to look after his children."
他臨終時(shí)懇求他們照顧他的孩子.
近義：agony, moribund, death, agonizing
adj. 短的，短暫的;矮的;短缺的;短期的;
adv. 突然;唐突地;簡(jiǎn)短地;橫貫地;
n. 短褲;短路;缺乏;
vt. 故意少給…的零頭，騙取;
vi. 短路;
?? 削頭”（諧音）削了頭人還能不 矮嗎？ 網(wǎng)友：雙木成林 補(bǔ)充：縮的（諧音），這樣就成短的；矮的
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小說(shuō)是一種很難掌握的藝術(shù)形式。
近義：abridgment, abbreviation, little, minute, small, squat
反義：lengthened, lengthy, imprudent, intrepid, manful, mettlesome
n. 時(shí)間;時(shí)刻;時(shí)代;次;
vt. 為…安排時(shí)間;測(cè)定…的時(shí)間;調(diào)準(zhǔn)（機(jī)械的）速度;撥準(zhǔn)（鐘、表）的快慢;
vi. 合拍;和諧;打拍子;
adj. 定時(shí)的;定期的;[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)]分期（付款）的;
int. [體育]時(shí)間到，（一場(chǎng)或一局等的）比賽時(shí)限，暫停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能帶兩個(gè)。
近義：clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon
?? Samuel Johnson 的更多名言
"Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people."