If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
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adj. 外面的，外部的;表面上的;外用的;外國的;
n. 外部，外面;外觀;外部情況;
?? exter出去+nal=al...的 → 出去的 →在外面的 →外部的
"The accounts have to be audited by a firm of external auditors."
這些賬目必須由一家外聘審計(jì)員的公司來稽查.
近義：appearance, image, look, looks, aspect, seeming
反義：inside, interior, inward, medullary, systemic, intern
n. 估計(jì)，預(yù)測;報(bào)價(jià)，預(yù)算書;評價(jià)，判斷;
vt. 估計(jì)，估算;評價(jià)，評論;估量，估價(jià);
?? estim價(jià)值+ate動詞后綴 → 使之成為有價(jià)值的東西的過程 → 估計(jì)，估量
"They estimate the number at more than one million each year."
他們估計(jì)每天這樣的數(shù)目將超過一百萬。
近義：calculate, appraise, appreciate, assess, rate, valuate
vt. 撤銷，取消;廢除;
vi. 有牌不跟;
?? re回，向后+vok呼喊+e→收回說出的話→取消，撤回
"Remarriage would revoke all previous wills."
再婚會使原有的一切遺囑失效.
近義：invalidate, abrogate, nullify, outlaw, proscribe, ban
反義：inchoate, initiate, institutionalize, integrate, articulate, make
n. 瞬間，片刻;時(shí)刻;重要，緊要;[物]力矩;
?? mom(move)+ent(名詞后綴)→瞬間；片刻；重要
"The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up."
小丑一出現(xiàn)在舞臺上, 觀眾們個(gè)個(gè)笑得前俯后仰.
近義：instant, tick, time, while, bit, flash
反義：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife
n. 痛苦;刻苦;令人厭煩的人[事物];身體某部分的疼痛[不適];
vt.& vi. （使）疼痛，（使）痛苦，傷害;
vt. 使…痛苦;使…煩惱;
vi. 感到疼痛;引起疼痛;
?? 我怕(pa)里面(in)會 痛苦 我(i)像熱鍋(pan)上的螞蟻很 痛苦 拍(pai)腦(n)殼很 痛
"The pain was almost more than he could bear."
這種痛苦幾乎使他無法忍受。
近義：hurt, ache, burn, sadden, torment, trouble
反義：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
n. 事件，形勢;東西，事物;家伙;事業(yè);
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以過得下去。
近義：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob