cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion, between supposed lovers, between supposed brothers. And I know the pieces fit.
— Unknown
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?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 傾向，趨勢(shì);（話或作品等的）旨趣，意向;性情;癖好;
?? tend伸展；擴(kuò)大+ency狀態(tài)→伸出去的狀態(tài)→偏向一邊→傾向
"the tendency to see old people as asexual"
認(rèn)為老年人性缺乏的傾向
近義：inclination, leaning, movement, penchant, predilection, predisposal
n. 萎縮，衰退;
vt.& vi. （使）萎縮，（使）虛脫，（使）衰退;
?? a無(wú)+troph營(yíng)養(yǎng)+y表名詞→無(wú)營(yíng)養(yǎng)引起的肌肉等衰退 → 萎縮，衰退
"The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge."
如果沒(méi)有更多的作家和藝術(shù)家出現(xiàn)，這個(gè)國(guó)家的文化生活將衰退。
近義：impair, ruin, stunt, deteriorate, degeneracy, degeneration
n. 感覺(jué)，官能;意識(shí)，觀念;理性;識(shí)別力;
vt. 感到;理解，領(lǐng)會(huì);檢測(cè)出;
?? sens(feel)+e(名詞后綴)→感官；知覺(jué)；意義；判斷力；感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒(méi)有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
n. 憐憫，同情;惻隱之心;
?? com共同+passion熱情→用共同的熱情幫助人 → 同情，憐憫
"He was mouthing the usual platitudes about the need for more compassion."
他言不由衷地說(shuō)了些需要更加同情之類(lèi)的陳腔濫調(diào).
近義：leniency, mercy, pity, ruth, sorriness, succor
反義：heartlessness, inclemency, inhumanity, insidiousness, mercilessness, rage
adj. 寒冷的;冷淡的，無(wú)情的;失去知覺(jué)的;[藝]有冷感的，冷色的;
n. 寒冷;感冒，傷風(fēng);
adv. 完全地;
?? 太涼爽（cool）就感冒（cold）了 彎腰(c)的老人(old)怕 冷
"Her hands were blue with cold."
她的雙手凍得發(fā)青。
近義：impersonal, obdurate, unfeeling, stony, stoney, glassy
反義：hearty, kind, loving, sociable, tender, warmhearted
n. 沉默，無(wú)言，無(wú)表示，無(wú)聲，沉靜，肅靜，寂靜，緘默;無(wú)音信，失去聯(lián)系，忘卻，湮沒(méi)，無(wú)表示，無(wú)音訊;[樂(lè)]停止;
vt. 使安靜;使沉默;壓制;
?? 沉默死(si)冷(len-leng)廁(ce)無(wú)人知
"There was an awkward silence."
一陣令人尷尬的沉默。
近義：hush, lull, quiet, quieten, shush, still
反義：perturb, shake, agitate, disrupt, disturb, hullabaloo