I used to believe that marriage would diminish me, reduce my options. That you had to be someone less to live with someone else when, of course, you have to be someone more.
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n. 結(jié)婚;婚姻生活;密切結(jié)合;合并;
?? marri=marry結(jié)婚+age狀態(tài)，總稱 →結(jié)婚
"It was an action replay of the problems of his first marriage."
這是他第一次婚姻問題的重演。
近義：matrimony, nuptial, nuptials, wedding, wedlock, conjugality
反義：separation
vt. （使）減少，縮小;減弱…的權(quán)勢;[樂]減半音;
vi. 變小或減少;逐漸變細(xì);
?? di=de減少+min小+ish表動(dòng)詞→變小，減少
"We should try to diminish the cost of production."
我們應(yīng)盡力減少生產(chǎn)成本.
近義：lessen, lower, absorb, muffle, attenuate, palliate
反義：heighten, increase, multiply, augment, redouble, reduplicate
vt. 減少;縮小;使還原;使變?nèi)?
vi. 減少;節(jié)食;蒸發(fā);（液體）濃縮變稠;
?? re回+duce引導(dǎo)，帶來→往回引→降低，減少
"The company has strenuously defended its decision to reduce the workforce."
公司竭力為其裁員的決定辯護(hù).
近義：lessen, lower, muffle, attenuate, restrain, slacken
反義：heighten, hike, hypo, increment, intensify, magnify
pron. 某人，有人;
n. 某個(gè)人;
?? some某些+one一個(gè) → 某人
"Someone must have blabbed to the police."
一定有人向警方告密了。
近義：anybody, anyone, one, somebody
n. 課程;航線;行動(dòng)方向;一道菜;
vt. 快速地流動(dòng);奔流;跑過;追逐;
vi. 沿…（方向）前進(jìn);指引航線;快跑;迅速移動(dòng);
?? cour 發(fā)生+se → n. 發(fā)展；進(jìn)程，課程，一道菜
"There were only three of us on the advanced course."
只有我們?nèi)藢W(xué)高級課程。
近義：racecourse, racetrack, speedway, track, pass, range
adj. 用過的;習(xí)慣于;二手的;舊的;
v. 使用（ use的過去式和過去分詞）;常常，經(jīng)常;
"Things ain't what they used to be."
現(xiàn)在情況不比從前了。
近義：outworn, worn, utilized, wonted, accustomed
反義：unused, unworn