But pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.
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從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
adj. 慷慨的，大方的;豐盛的;肥沃的;濃厚的;
?? gener出生，產生+ous形容詞后綴→[不斷]產生→豐富的，慷慨的
"It would be churlish to refuse such a generous offer."
拒絕這樣一個慷慨的提議未免失禮。
近義：humane, humanitarian, liberal, lofty, loose, loyal
反義：knavish, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious
n. 虛榮，浮華;自負;空虛，無聊的事物;無價值的東西;
?? van空+ity表名詞→空虛
"A man's vanity is actually in proportion to his ignorance."
一個人的虛榮心實際上是和他的愚蠢程度成正比.
近義：immodesty, imperiousness, insolence, insolency, jactitation, arrogance
反義：humbleness, lowliness, meekness
n. 自尊;驕傲;自滿;（獅）群;
vt. 以…而自豪， 得意于…;
vi. 自豪，驕傲，得意;
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"She was still young and in the pride of her beauty."
她仍然年輕貌美.
近義：imperiousness, insolence, insolency, arrogance, arrogancy, lordliness
反義：humbleness, lowliness, meekness, humility
adj. 詼諧的;機智的;會說俏皮話的;聰明的;
"He scored a bull's - eye in their argument with that witty retort."
在他們的辯論中他那一句機智的反駁擊中了要害.
近義：humorous, imaginative, ingenious, intelligent, inventive, nifty
反義：humdrum, insipid, insufferable, irksome, irritating, lethal