Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still.
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n. 激情，熱情;熱心，愛好;熱戀;酷愛;
vt.&vi. [詩歌用語]表露強烈感情，顯示巨大熱情;
?? pass感情+ion名詞后綴 →熱情，激情
"That child stamps her foot when she is in a passion."
那女孩一發脾氣就跺腳.
近義：infatuation, inflaming, ardor, obsession, paroxysm, vehemence
反義：aboulia, apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indolence, informality
vi. 發展;生長;形成;發達 ;
vt. 發展;開發;研制;沖洗（膠片）;
?? de相反+velop蓋上→不阻止，不掩蓋→發展，形成，開發
"to develop a strategy for dealing with unemployment"
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近義：urbanize, cultivate, evolve, expand, fabricate, amplify
反義：accomplish, climax, complete, crown, finalize, stanch
n. 承諾，許諾;委任，委托;致力，獻身;承擔義務;
?? com 共同 + mit 送，放出 + ment表示行為、行為的過程或結果 → n. 信奉,獻身;承擔的義務;承諾,許諾,保證
"Both sides affirmed their commitment to the ceasefire."
雙方均申明答應停火。
近義：ideal, intent, intention, aspiration, mark, meaning
adv. 逐步地，漸漸地;按部就班地;日趨;冉冉;
?? grad步+ ual...的 + ly...地→ gradual逐步的+ ly...地 → 逐步地
"The drugs work well at first but gradually lose their effectiveness."
這些藥的效果起初非常好,但后來逐漸失效.
近義：increasingly, progressively, seriatim, slowly, successively, consecutively
反義：clean, cold
vi. 褪去，失去光澤;逐漸消逝;凋謝，衰老;
vt. 使褪色;
adj. 乏味的，平淡的;
?? 廢的(諧音)→頹廢的→ 褪色 枯萎 網友：yqy 補充：衰減了，所以“廢的”；運氣（fate）消退（fade），成功無望
"Will the colour in this material fade?"
這種料子褪色 嗎 ?
近義：sear, wilt, wither, run, dim, disappear
n. 親密;親近;親昵的言行;性行為;
"His claims to an intimacy with the President are somewhat exaggerated."
他聲稱自己與總統關系密切,這有點言過其實.
近義：kinship, propinquity, closeness, conversance, conversancy, affinity
反義：isolationism, lonelihood, loneliness, loneness, marginalization, separation