Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.
?? 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. 人，人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于，布滿;使住滿人，在…殖民;把動物放養(yǎng)在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
vt.& vi. 用錢，花錢;
vt. 花費;消耗;花（時間）;度過;
n. （為某目的或某段時間內(nèi)的）花銷，花費，開銷;
?? s(dis-=apart)+pend(hang)→花費；耗用
"My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends."
我的幾個孩子在電話上和朋友聊天一聊就是幾個小時。
近義：outlay, consume, deplete, disburse, dissipate, drain
反義：husband, keep, maintain, conserve
adj. 全部的;整個的;全體的;囫圇;
?? en進+tire緊→全部靠緊，擠進去→不遺留在外→完整的
"Throughout the entire altercation, not one sensible word was uttered."
爭了半天, 沒有一句話是切合實際的.
近義：integral, livelong, total, unabridged, uncut, undivided
n. 一生，壽命;有生之年;存在期，有效期;
na. 終生;終身保障;[核]壽命;
?? life生命+time時間→ n.一生，終身
"His diary was not published during his lifetime."
他的日記在他生前未曾發(fā)表過。
近義：time, age, epoch, era, generation, lifelong
n. 差別，差異;[數(shù)]差數(shù)，差額;意見分歧;特色;
vt. 辨別，區(qū)分;
?? dif分開，否定，不+fer帶來+ence名詞后綴→帶來不同→不同之處
"The new regulations will not make an appreciable difference to most people."
新的規(guī)定對大多數(shù)人將無大影響。
近義：inequality, odds, unlikeness, variant, version, inhomogeneity
反義：kindred, kinship, likeness, look, matching, parallel
n. 問題;疑難問題;習題;引起麻煩的人;
adj. 成問題的;難處理的;關于社會問題的;
?? problem- 【希臘傳入拉丁】字面上表”向前拋的東西”也表問題
"His mind reached after an understanding of the problem."
他開動腦筋,想弄懂這個問題.
近義：headache, hitch, imbroglio, jam, knot, matter
反義：repair, reparation, workaround, remedy, refitting, overhauling