Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
— Martha Beck
· Change
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
n. 過渡，轉變，變遷;[語]轉換;[樂]變調;
?? trans交換+it行走+ion名詞后綴→交換走→過渡，轉變
"the transition from school to full-time work"
從學校到全日工作的過渡階段
近義：passing
n. 定義;規定，明確;[物]清晰度;解釋;
?? de使…成為+fin界限+ition名詞后綴→劃出界限→定義
"Can you give a more precise definition of the word?"
你能給這個詞下個更確切的定義嗎？
近義：outline, picture, portraiture, term, word, delineation
反義：hesitation, indecision, indecisiveness, indistinctness, irresolution, uncertainty
vt. 要求;需要;想要;命令;
vi. 要求，規定;
?? re再+quire尋求，詢問→再尋求→請求
"My job is so repetitive, it does not require much conscious thought."
我的工作重復性很強, 不需要很多有意識的思考.
近義：involve, lack, necessitate, need, summon, take
反義：hold, own, possess, muster, meet, boast
adj. 活（著）的;現存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生計;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的現在分詞);居住;以…為生;（按照規矩）管理生活;
?? liv生活+ing名詞后綴 → 生活，生計
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住條件極為惡劣。
近義：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反義：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 變形（尤指從蛹變為昆蟲）;（性格、環境等的）改變;
?? meta超過，改變+morphosis形狀→變形狀→蛻變，變形
"the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly"
從毛毛蟲到蝴蝶的蛻變
近義：mutation, saltation, transfiguration, transformation, transmutation, allaxis
adj. 嚴肅的，嚴重的;認真的，莊重的;重要的;危險的;
?? 射(se)日(ri)用藉絲(ous) 嚴肅的問題
"Her involvement in the fraud has left a serious blot on her character."
她卷入了這次欺詐案，在她的品格上留下了一個很大的污點。
近義：reliable, responsible, sedate, staid, trustworthy, trusty
反義：undependable, untrustworthy, feckless, slight, trifling, unimportant