She had fortunately always her appetite for news. The pure flame of the disinterested burned in her cave of treasures as a lamp in a Byzantine vault.
?? 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. 欲望;胃口，食欲;嗜好，愛好;
?? ap加強動作+pet追尋，尋求+ite表名詞→一再追求→有胃口
"He suffered from headaches and loss of appetite ."
他患有頭痛和食欲不振。
近義：hunger, stomach, taste, appetence, appetency, appetition
反義：apathy, indifference, weariness, apositia, hyporexia, anorexia
adj. 純的;單純的;純真的;干凈的;
prep. 清晰的，純正的;
?? pur, purg Pur=pure, 表示”純潔, 凈化”
"He gazed at her with pure adoration."
他一往情深地注視著她。
近義：antiseptic, immaculate, aseptic, purified, refined, sheer
反義：insalubrious, messy, mingled, mixed, nasty, polluted
n. 火焰;熱情，激情;〈俚〉愛人，情人;激動;
vi. 燃燒，發出火焰;面紅;閃光;
vt. 燒;激起，激怒;
?? flame=flam火焰 → n.火焰；光輝；熱情
"The flame of the burning candle soon went out."
蠟燭的火焰很快就熄滅了.
近義：incandesce, radiate, shine, sparkle, wave, beam
adj. 公正的;無私的;不感興趣的;不關心的;
v. 使不再有利害關系;使無興趣(disinterest的過去分詞);
?? dis無，非+interest興趣+ed形容詞后綴 → 沒興趣的 →冷漠的
"He is impartial and disinterested."
他公正無私.
近義：apathetic, impassive, imperviable, impervious, incurious, indifferent
反義：concerned, affected
n. 洞穴;〈方〉地窖;
vt.& vi. （使）塌陷，倒塌;暗中破壞;
vi. 屈服;
?? cav洞+e → 山洞，洞穴，窯洞
"a dark dank cave"
陰暗潮濕的洞穴
近義：dig, excavate, cavern, crypt, den, dugout
adv. 幸運地;
?? fortun =fortune力量，運氣 一個+ ate 表示有...性質的+ ly 表示如...的、有...特征的 → ad.幸運地，幸虧
"Fortunately, the stormy waves caused trifling damage to the boat."
幸好, 風浪使船只受到的損壞較輕.
近義：luckily, blessedly, blissfully, favorably, favourably, happily
反義：inevitably, inopportunely, regrettably, unhappily, unluckily, fatally