To what purpose should I trouble myself in searching out the secrets of the stars, having death or slavery continually before my eyes?
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?? 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
n. 意志;目的;作用;（進行中的）行動;
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
n. 麻煩;煩惱;故障;動亂;
vi. 費心;煩惱;
vt. 麻煩;使煩惱;折磨;
?? turb = stir”表示”攪動”
"We had a lot of trouble levering the roots out."
我們在撬樹根時遇到了很多麻煩.
近義：inconvenience, irk, irritate, molest, nag, offend
n. 死亡;（某種）死法，死亡方式;病危;死神;
?? dead(死)+th(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁決
近義：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
反義：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
n. 奴隸身份;奴隸制度;苦役，奴隸般的勞動;奴役，束縛，屈從，耽迷（酒色等）;
?? slav=slave奴隸+ery表行為，身份 →奴隸身份
"the abolition of slavery"
奴隸制的廢除
近義：peonage, thraldom, thrall, thralldom, vassalage, bondage
反義：independence, liberty, autocracy, autonomy, emancipation
pron. 我自己，親自;
"I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity."
我決不低三下四地乞求施舍。
近義：me, i
searching
['s?:t?i?]
adj. 搜索的;徹底的;銳利的;
n. 搜尋，搜索，檢查;
v. 找尋( search的現(xiàn)在分詞 );搜查;探查;[醫(yī)學]（用儀器）探測（外傷）;
"He combed through the files searching for evidence of fraud."
他詳查檔案,尋找欺詐行為的證據(jù).
近義：hunt, inquiry, pursuit, query, quest, research