At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.
?? 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
vt. 獲得，取得;學到;
?? ac 加強 + quir 尋求，詢問 + e → vt.取得；獲得；學到
"To remove any ambiguity we have to acquire more accurate information."
為了消除含糊不清,我們必須取得更加精確的情報.
近義：obtain, procure, purchase, secure, buy, gain
反義：outwear, shed, abandon, chuck, dump, forget
n. 泰然自若;自信;體態;姿態;
vt. 使平衡;保持（某種姿勢）;抓緊;使穩定;
?? pend, pens 懸掛,稱重, 引申為權衡,考慮,以及”花費”(即”稱銀子)#詞根助記：=pend衡量
"She is a beautiful girl with the grace and poise."
她是一位儀態優雅的佳麗.
近義：balance, equilibrate, hover, smartness, stasis, chic
n. 能力，資格;能耐，才能;
?? -ability 后綴,表示能力,合適性##-ility 后綴;表示”意義,有能力”
"The system has the ability to run more than one program at the same time."
該系統能夠同時運行一個以上的程序。
近義：aptitude, aptness, intelligence, knack, potential, skilfulness
反義：impotence, inability, incapability, incompetence, incompetency, invalidity
n. （織物、毛皮等的）手感;手柄;舉動;柄狀物;
vi. 操作，操控;容易搬運;
vt. 用雙手觸摸、舉起或握住;用手操作，操縱;處理或負責，管理;〈美〉買賣，經營;
?? hand手+le表示做某種動作時所使用的東西 →柄，把手
"The handle of this door is kept by two screws."
這扇門的把手用兩枚螺絲釘固定.
近義：winch, crank, influence, maneuver, manipulate, manoeuvre
adj. 困難的;難做的;難解的;不易相處的;
?? dif不+fic做+ult表名詞→不好做→困難的
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小說是一種很難掌握的藝術形式。
近義：rough, troublesome, complicated, arduous, intricate, labored
反義：uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, easy, facile
adj. 運氣好的，僥幸的;兆頭好的，吉祥的;〈俚〉難得;很恰當的;
?? luck幸運 + y ...的→ 幸運的；吉祥的
"a happy-go-lucky sort of person"
樂天派的人
近義：jammy, privileged, propitious, successful, fortunate, happy
反義：luckless, ominous, poor, baleful, unblessed, unblest