For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.
— Sallust
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adv. 容易地;很可能;迅速地;頻繁地;
?? easi=easy容易的 + ly ...地 → 容易地；無(wú)疑地
"The cream is easily absorbed into the skin."
這種乳霜皮膚易吸收。
近義：just, plainly, readily, simply, effortlessly, leisurely
反義：approximately, insufficiently, narrowly, nearly, barely, roughly
n. 艱難;困苦;艱難情況;造成困苦與苦難的原因;
?? hard艱難的+ship表情況 →苦難
"Hardship and penury wore him out before his time."
受窮受苦使他未老先衰.
近義：indigence, jam, labour, mess, misfortune, penury
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(shuō)是一種很難掌握的藝術(shù)形式。
近義：rough, troublesome, complicated, arduous, intricate, labored
反義：uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, easy, facile
n. 無(wú)把握，不確定;不可靠;不確實(shí)知道，半信半疑;無(wú)把握、不確定的事物;
?? un不+certain確實(shí)的+ty表名詞→不確定，靠不住
"a feeling of doubt and uncertainty"
遲疑不定的感受
近義：hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, indecision, indefinition, indetermination
反義：assurance, assuredness, obviousness, palpability, patency, positiveness
adj. 令人滿意的;值得擁有的;可取的;性感的;
n. 稱心如意的人[東西];
?? desir=desirede渴望+able能...的→值得要的
"It is desirable that interest rates should be reduced."
利率下調(diào)是可取的。
近義：helpful, attractive, plum, profitable, tempting, useful
反義：ineligible, undesired, unqualified, unwanted, disqualified, homely
adj. 繁重的，煩累的，難以承擔(dān)的;累贅;
?? burden負(fù)擔(dān)+some....的 →沉重的
"It's really burdensome to have many children."
孩子多了真贅人.
近義：heavy, hellish, insufferable, arduous, laborious, onerous