The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 日記，日志;日記簿;
?? di=day日子+ary表名詞 → 日記
"I rather sneakily looked in her diary when she was out."
我趁她不在時(shí)偷偷看了她的日記.
近義：log, notebook, tickler
n. 量，大量;體積;音量;卷;
adj. 大量的;
vi. 成團(tuán)卷起;
vt. 把…收集成卷;
?? volu旋轉(zhuǎn)，卷+me走→一卷書→卷，冊(cè)
"This volume records the history of the country's revolution."
這卷書記載了這個(gè)國家的革命歷史.
近義：size, bulk, bulkiness, conglomerate, dimension, amplitude
反義：indulgence, kindness, leniency, lenity, looseness, malleability
n. 生活，生計(jì);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(biāo)。
近義：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反義：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
n. 方法（ mean的名詞復(fù)數(shù)）;手段;收入;財(cái)富;
v. 意味著（ mean的第三人稱單數(shù)）;引起;打算或注定要某人成為或做某事;
"The inquiry is by no means cut and dried."
調(diào)查之事遠(yuǎn)未蓋棺定論。
近義：approach, manner, method, mode, process, strategy
vt.& vi. 寫;寫信;寫作;作曲;
?? 把名字write（寫）right（對(duì)）
"Write clear definitions in order to avoid ambiguity."
釋義要寫清楚以免產(chǎn)生歧義。
近義：pen, redact, type, word, scribe, compose
n. 故事，傳說;歷史，沿革;內(nèi)情;傳記;
vt. 用歷史故事畫裝飾;講…的故事;把…作為故事講述;
vi. 說謊;
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小說是一種很難掌握的藝術(shù)形式。
近義：narrative, recital, recitation, recountal, tale, telling