In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.
— Robert Heinlein
· Goals
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n. 缺席，缺勤;缺乏，缺少，無;心不在焉，不注意;
?? abs離去+ence名詞后綴 → 缺席
"a period of enforced absence"
不得不離開的一段時間
近義：inexistence, lack, nonexistence, scarceness, scarcity, shortage
反義：abundance, plenitude, plentifulness, plenty, plethora, profuseness
adj. 每日的，日常的;一日的;每日一次的;每個工作日的;
n. 日報;（不寄宿的）仆人，白天做家務的女傭;
adv. 每日;逐日;每周日;日復一日地;
?? dai=day一天+ly表副詞，每...地 →每日地
"events affecting the daily lives of millions of people"
影響數百萬人日常生活的事件
近義：help, housemaid, maid, maidservant, skivvy, slavey
反義：inadvertent, incidental, isolated, random, sometime, sporadic
adv. 最后，最終;基本上;根本;郅;
?? ultim- 表”最后”
"Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters."
從政者最終是向選民負責。
近義：last, lastly, eventually, finally
vi. 變為，成為;變得;變成;
vt. 適合，適宜;相稱，相當;變成;發生;
?? be(upon)+come→變為；成為(=to come upon）
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一個突然變得陌生而危險的世界里，他是她唯一的守護神。
近義：turn, wax, get, go, grow, suit
反義：remain, keep, stay, get
adv. 明亮地;明凈地;明確地;顯然地;
"This case falls clearly within the ambit of the 2001 act."
這件案子顯然屬于2001年法案的范圍。
近義：just, manifestly, obviously, openly, overtly, patently
反義：privately, privily, secretly, undercover, underground, clandestinely
adv. 奇妙地, 奇怪地, 不可思議地
近義：oddly, particularly, peculiarly, quaintly, queerly, uncannily
反義：ordinarily, usually, commonly, currently, customarily, generally