Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
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n. 幸福;高興;恰當(dāng);合適;
?? happi=happy快樂(lè)+ness表名詞→ 幸福,快樂(lè)
"I wish you the life of happiness and prosperity."
我祝你生活幸福、萬(wàn)事如意.
近義:joy, pleasure, bliss, blithe, eudaemonia, eudaimonia
反義:misery, misfortune, sadness, wretchedness, infelicity, discontent
n. 忠誠(chéng),忠實(shí);逼真;保真度;盡責(zé);
?? fid相信,信念+el名詞后綴表示人、集體+ity表示性質(zhì)→相信的性質(zhì)→堅(jiān)貞;忠心
"There is nothing like a dog's fidelity."
沒(méi)有什么能比得上狗的忠誠(chéng).
近義:ardor, ardour, loyalty, obedience, piety, troth
反義:infidelity, ingratitude, recreancy, thanklessness, treachery, treason
adj. 應(yīng)得某事物;值得做某事;可尊敬的;配得上的,相稱的;
n. 杰出人物,偉人;
?? worth價(jià)值 + y...的→ 有價(jià)值的;值得的
"to be worthy of attention"
值得注意
近義:honorable, honourable, merited, notable, respectable, respected
反義:undeserving, undignified, contemptible, despicable, disgraceful
n. 意志;目的;作用;(進(jìn)行中的)行動(dòng);
vt. 有意;打算;企圖(做);決意(做);
?? pur始終+pose放→始終放的東西→目的,意圖
"We spoke to little purpose — his mind was clearly made up already."
我們說(shuō)的話幾乎不起作用,他顯然已下定決心了.
近義:intend, consider, appoint, ascribe, denote, designate
adj. 有毛病的,失常的;錯(cuò)誤的,不正確的;不好的,不公正的;反對(duì)的,相反的,顛倒的,背面的,里面的;
adv. 不對(duì),錯(cuò)誤,失當(dāng);不好,不公正;逆,顛倒,翻轉(zhuǎn);有毛病,不舒服;
n. 過(guò)失,錯(cuò)誤;不義的行為;不義行為;犯罪;
vt. 委屈,無(wú)理地對(duì)待,誹謗;
?? 勿(w)容(rong)忍 錯(cuò)誤的
"I got it wrong. It wasn't the red one but the blue one."
我弄錯(cuò)了。不是紅的那個(gè),是藍(lán)的那個(gè)。
近義:hurt, injure, insult, mistreat, offend, penalize
反義:heal, mend, rectify, reform, remedy, repair
n. 主意,想法;[哲]理念,觀念;[樂(lè)]樂(lè)句;模糊想法;
?? dear(親愛(ài)的),你有什么好idea(主意)
"How does the idea of a holiday in Spain grab you?"
你對(duì)于到西班牙去度假這個(gè)主意感興趣 嗎 ?
近義:intent, knowledge, notion, purpose, think, thought