Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.
— Edith Wharton
· Age
?? 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
adj. 傲慢的，驕傲的;目中無人的;自大的;
?? haught高+y...的 → 高高在上的 → 高傲的
"He gave me a haughty look and walked away."
他向我擺出傲慢的表情后走開.
近義：hubristic, impudent, inflated, insolent, arrogant, lofty
反義：low, lowly, meek, mild, modest, unassuming
n. 宇宙;天地萬物; 經(jīng)驗領(lǐng)域;
?? uni一個+vers轉(zhuǎn)向+e→統(tǒng)一旋轉(zhuǎn)→宇宙
"Scientists disagree about how the universe was created."
科學家對宇宙是怎樣形成的有分歧。
近義：world, cosmos
adj. 美味的，可口的;有趣的;;噴香;
?? de一再+lic引誘+ious...的→一再引誘→美味的,可口的
"the delicious coolness of the water"
清涼爽口的水
近義：appetizing, luscious, palatable, pleasurable, superb, tasteful
反義：languid, listless, saltless, savorless, savourless, tasteless
n. 自由，自主;直率;特權(quán)，特許;自由權(quán);
?? free自由的+dom狀態(tài)或領(lǐng)域 →自由
"He made a bid for freedom by climbing over the wall."
他企圖翻越這面高墻以獲得自由.
近義：independence, liberty, autocracy, autonomy, emancipation, loosening
反義：peonage, thraldom, thrall, thralldom, vassalage, bondage
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
adj. 鎮(zhèn)定的;平靜的;（海洋，天氣等）安靜的，平靜的;（人）從容不迫的;
vt.& vi. （使）平靜，（使）鎮(zhèn)定;（使）鎮(zhèn)靜;
n. 平靜;鎮(zhèn)定;安定;無風;
vt. 使安靜;使冷靜;使鎮(zhèn)定;使（疼痛等）減輕;
vi. 安靜下來，平靜下來，鎮(zhèn)靜下來;
?? 鈣(ca)使老母(lm) 平靜
"He was calm and concentrated in judging how to defeat his opponent."
他冷靜沉著,聚精會神地判斷如何打敗對手.
近義：relent, remit, still, diminish, abate, peace
反義：preoccupy, rattle, trouble, unnerve, upset, worry