Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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adj. 令人難于忍受的;難堪的;令人厭煩的;
v. 試圖( try的現在分詞);試驗，嘗試;審訊;
?? try(考驗)+ing(形容詞后綴)→難堪的；使人痛苦的
"an ageing pop star trying to stage a comeback"
試圖重返歌壇的已經上了年紀的流行音樂歌星
近義：arduous, irksome, labored, laborious, nagging, nervy
n. 感覺，官能;意識，觀念;理性;識別力;
vt. 感到;理解，領會;檢測出;
?? sens(feel)+e(名詞后綴)→感官；知覺；意義；判斷力；感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
vt. 創辦，成立，建立;
v. 發現（ find的過去式）;找到;到達;發覺;
?? found基礎 → 為(房屋等)打基礎，建立，創立
"In some stories, genies are always found inside a lamp or bottle."
在一些故事里, 燈里或瓶子中總是裝有妖怪.
近義：base, ground, establish, institute, mount, rest
反義：invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, omit, outlaw
n. 贈品，禮物;天賦;贈送;天資;
vt. 賦予;向…贈送;天賦權力（或才能等）;授予;
?? give(給予)+t(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→贈與；禮物
"The watch was a gift from my mother."
這塊表是母親給我的禮物。
近義：present, treat, bestowal, giveaway, offering, charity
vt. 修建，建造;構成;創立;[數]作圖;
n. 結構（物）;構想;概念;
?? struct(建造): 建造(struct)在一起(con)是 建設 建造(struct)的否定(de)是 毀滅 在人的內心(in)建造(struct)是 教導
"Any attempt to construct an ideal society is foredoomed to failure."
任何構建理想社會的努力都注定要失敗。
近義：forge, articulate, make, organise, organize, produce
反義：level, overthrow, ravage, raze, shipwreck, strip
n. 生活，生計;生命，性命;一生，壽命;人生，塵世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎沒有目標。
近義：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反義：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end