Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
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n. 悲劇,慘劇;悲劇文學;悲劇理論,悲劇表演藝術;悲劇式作品;
?? trag 表”山羊”,后引申為”悲劇”(最開始的悲劇是撒克遜人的山羊劇)##ode, ody 【希臘傳入拉丁】表”歌,詩”#詞根助記:trag(=山羊)+edy=山羊之歌(古代羊人劇是悲劇的前身)=悲劇
"a leaning towards comedy rather than tragedy"
偏愛喜劇而不是悲劇
近義:holocaust, misfortune, calamity, catastrophe, debacle, disaster
反義:joy, bliss, blithe, felicity, godspeed, happiness
n. 生活,生計;生命,性命;一生,壽命;人生,塵世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎沒有目標。
近義:being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反義:passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
adv. 立刻,馬上;一會兒,不久;快;寧愿;
?? 速(諧音): 迅速
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整棟大樓很快就熊熊燃燒起來。
近義:hereupon, apace, immediately, promptly, pronto, quickly
反義:langsyne, lately, whilom, yesterday, yesteryear, yore
adj. 聰明的,有智慧的;博學的,博識的;明白的;像智者的;
vt. 使知道,使懂得;教導;指點;
vi. 了解,知道;
"a wise and virtuous man"
博學多識的君子
近義:informed, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered
反義:silly, stupid, tomfool, unaware, uneducated, unenlightened
adj. 晚的,遲到的;時間不早的;已故的;原來的,之前的;臨近終了的;
adv. 晚,遲;后期地;最近地;
?? 因丟三落(la)四而特(te)愛 遲到
"His parents won't allow him to stay out late."
他的父母不會允許他在外待得很晚。
近義:lagging, lingering, overdue, straggling, straggly, tardy
反義:prompt, timely, exact, antiquated, archaic, naff