Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
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adj. 臨時的，暫時的;短暫的;
n. 臨時工，臨時雇員;
?? tempor時間+ary表名詞→有時間性的→臨時的
"temporary relief from pain"
短暫的解痛
近義：impermanent, inconclusive, interim, makeshift, officiating, passing
反義：lasting, lifelong, perdurable, permanent, unending, chronic
n. 狀態;環境;健康狀況;條款;
vt. 制約;限制;使習慣于;使適應;
vt.& vi. 對…具有重要影響;影響（某事發生的方式）;保持（頭發或皮膚等的）健康;養護;
?? con共同+dit給予+ion抽象名詞→共同給出的東西 → 條件
"The car was in A1 condition."
汽車狀況好極了。
近義：fitness, shape, capacitate, prepare, fit, fix
反義：impair, jumble, mess, muss, overset, overturn
adj. 永久（性）的，永恒的，不變的，耐久的，持久的，經久的;穩定的;常務的，常設的;
n. 電燙發，燙發;
?? per貫穿，自始至終+man拿住+ent形容詞后綴→永久拿住→永恒的
"They are now living together on a permanent basis."
他們現在決定長期同住。
近義：perm, staff, tenured, immutable, lasting, lifelong
反義：passing, temporary, transient, transitional, transitory, nonpermanent
adv. 常常;經常;時常;再三;
?? 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 經常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反義：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
v. 擊敗( defeat的過去式和過去分詞 ); 戰勝; 挫敗; 使困惑
近義：wrecked, beaten
反義：lucrative, prize, prizewinning, profitable, remunerative, rewarded