When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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vulnerable
['v?ln?r?bl]
adj. （地方）易受攻擊的;易受傷的;易受批評的;[橋牌]已成局的;
?? vulner- 表”受傷”
"He volunteered to protect her as she looked so vulnerable."
她看上去很脆弱,他就主動去保護她.
近義：helpless, assailable, attackable, undefended, unguarded, defenceless
反義：indestructible, unassailable, undestroyable, imperviable, impervious, insensible
vi. 承認;同意;承兌;
vt. 接受;承認;承擔;承兌;
?? ac一再+cept拿→接受；承認
"The evidence was so compelling that he felt constrained to accept it."
證據是那樣的令人折服，他覺得不得不接受。
近義：honor, permit, avow, receive, recognize, tolerate
反義：refuse, reject, snub, spurn, decline, disavow
adj. 活著的;活潑的;有生氣的;敏感的;
?? a在…，…的+live活→活的
"We don't know whether he's alive or dead."
我們不知道他是死是活。
近義：live, living, quickened, surviving, animated, passionate
反義：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
adj. 用過的;習慣于;二手的;舊的;
v. 使用（ use的過去式和過去分詞）;常常，經常;
"Things ain't what they used to be."
現在情況不比從前了。
近義：outworn, worn, utilized, wonted, accustomed
反義：unused, unworn
vt. 想;思索;以為;看待;
vi. 思辯;考慮;構想;回憶;
adj. 深思的;供思考的;
n. 想;想法;
?? 深刻(諧音):深刻的思 想 我在想（think）該如何感謝（thank）他們
"They'll think you're being antisocial if you don't go."
要是你不去，他們就會認為你不合群。
近義：imagine, meditate, mull, perpend, ponder, ratiocinate
adj. 成年的，成熟的;被…長滿的;栽培的;
v. 種植(grow的過去分詞);生長，變成;
"The two halves of the main branch have grown apart."
主枝的左右兩邊各向不同的方向生長.
近義：mature, adult