Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest.
— Marilyn Ferguson
· Age
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 文化;[生物學]（微生物等的）培養;修養;養殖;
vt. 培植，培養;
?? cult耕種，培養+ure抽象名詞→[對心靈的]培養→人類文化
"the otherness of an alien culture"
異域文化的不同情調
近義：incubate, breed, cultivate, hatch, socialize, civilise
反義：philistinism, barbarism, roughness
n. 假定，假設;承擔;想當然;采取;
?? assumpt假定+ion表名詞 → 假設，承擔
"Implicit in his speech was the assumption that they were guilty."
他話語中的言外之意是設定他們有罪。
近義：hypothesis, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption, presupposition
n. 下降;（力量、健康、品格、權力、價值等的）衰退;下傾;（人、生命等的）衰退期;
vt.& vi. 辭謝，謝絕（邀請等）;
vi. （道路、物體等）下傾;（太陽）落下;（在品格、價值上）降低;衰落，謝絕;
vt. 謝絕，婉拒;
?? de向下+clin傾斜=lean,slope+e→傾斜；衰退
"We need to take corrective action to halt this country's decline."
我們得采取糾偏行動來阻止這個國家的衰落。
近義：refuse, snub, spurn, disregard, lapse, lessen
反義：honor, permit, avow, receive, recognize, tolerate
adv. 大概;或許;很可能;備不住;
?? probab=probable可能的+ly表副詞 →可能性
"Most of the story about his private life was probably apocryphal."
有關他私生活的事可能大部分都是虛構的.
近義：likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly
反義：assuredly, absolutely, positively, quite, surely, thoroughly
n. 自己;本人;本性;私利;
adj. 同一的;純凈的;單一的;
vt. 使自花授精;使近親繁殖;
vi. 自花授精;
"His style of dressing bespoke great self-confidence."
他的衣著風格顯得十分自信。
近義：ego, individuality, selfhood, distinctiveness, selfishness, egoism
aging
['eid?i?]
n. 老化;老齡化;（酒等的）陳化;熟化;
v. 使變老;（使）長大( age的現在分詞 );使顯老;使變老;使蒼老;
"Wine deepens on aging."
酒久藏而變醇.
近義：antique, archaic, passe, dated, decrepit, maturing
反義：juvenescence, modernization, rejuvenescence, renewal, renovation, revampment