It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
— Kin Hubbard
· Happiness
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 幸福;高興;恰當;合適;
?? happi=happy快樂+ness表名詞→ 幸福,快樂
"I wish you the life of happiness and prosperity."
我祝你生活幸福、萬事如意.
近義：joy, pleasure, bliss, blithe, eudaemonia, eudaimonia
反義：misery, misfortune, sadness, wretchedness, infelicity, discontent
n. 貧窮;缺乏，不足;貧瘠，不毛;低劣;
?? poor(貧窮的)+ty(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→貧窮；缺乏
"He envisaged an old age of loneliness and poverty."
他面對著一個孤獨而貧困的晚年.
近義：impecuniosity, indigence, marginality, meanness, misery, pauperism
反義：plenty, wealth, wealthiness, opulency, affluence
adj. 漂亮的;機靈的，聰明的;
adv. 相當，頗;
n. 漂亮的人（或東西）;
"Two days after the accident she still looked pretty banged up."
事故過去兩天后她看上去傷勢仍然很重。
近義：lovable, lovely, neat, nice, smart, super
反義：homely, inartistic, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely
adj. 困難的;硬的;有力的;努力的;
adv. 努力地;猛力地;嚴重地;沉重地;
n. 英〉硬海灘，登陸處;
"She attributes her success to hard work and a little luck."
她認為她的成功來自勤勞和一點運氣。
近義：strongly, rigidly, stiffly, resistant, resistive, steely
反義：malleable, mellow, mild, attenuated, softened, squashy
vt. 告訴，說;辨別;吩咐;講述;
vt.& vi. 分辨，辨別;告訴，吩咐;泄漏;保證;
vi. 泄密，告發;（顏色、聲音等）顯示;識別;
n. [考古學]（古代村落遺址堆積而成的）臺形土墩;[方言]講的話;談話;傳聞;
?? 他告訴（tell）我，他哥哥很高（tall）
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義：maintain, assert, asseverate, mention, assure, name
反義：hide, mask, occult, shield, shroud, veil
vt. 帶來，引來;促使，引起;提供;導致;
?? 白(b)戒指(ring) 帶來了
"He beckoned to the waiter to bring the bill."
他招手示意服務生把賬單送過來。
近義：get
?? Kin Hubbard 的更多名言
"Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit."