Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
— Henry James
· Writing
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adj. 慷慨的，大方的;豐盛的;肥沃的;濃厚的;
?? gener出生，產生+ous形容詞后綴→[不斷]產生→豐富的，慷慨的
"It would be churlish to refuse such a generous offer."
拒絕這樣一個慷慨的提議未免失禮。
近義：humane, humanitarian, liberal, lofty, loose, loyal
反義：knavish, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious
adj. 微妙的;熟練的;纖弱的;易損的;
?? de一再+lic引誘+ate做→一再引誘人的→精美的，優美的
"The UN must perform a delicate balancing act between the different sides in the conflict."
聯合國必須在沖突各方之間擔任公正的協調工作。
近義：sensible, ticklish, perishable, shortcrust, weak, breakable
反義：resistive, strong, tough, stout, hard, impolite
vt. 繼續;追求;進行;追捕;
vi. 追，追趕;繼續進行;
?? pur純潔+sue控告，求婚→純粹控告→追趕；追擊
"He began to pursue an easy and comfortable life."
他開始追求安逸舒適的生活.
近義：chevy, chivvy, chivy, chase, follow, dog
反義：implement, obtain, reach, realize, satisfy, accomplish
n. 獎賞;戰利品;值得努力爭取的東西;
vt. 珍視，珍惜;估價;
adj. 獲獎的，有望獲獎的;理應獲獎的;
?? prehend, pris 抓住,奪取,獲得#詞根助記：戰利品要靠自己抓取
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年諾貝爾文學獎得主為莫言，他“很好地將魔幻現實與民間故事、歷史與當代結合在一起”。
近義：appraise, appreciate, assay, regard, relish, respect
反義：reject, remonstrate, underestimate, undervalue, reprove, downplay