The loss of one's dignified bearing is often sudden.
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n. [機]軸承，支座;關系;方位;態度，舉止;
v. 忍受(bear的ing形式);
?? bear忍受+ing名詞后綴→軸承（ball bearing）；方位；舉止
"Recent events had no bearing on our decision."
近期的事件與我們的決定沒有關系。
近義：measuredness, poise, behavior, behaviour, phlegm, carriage
n. 損失，減少;丟失，遺失;損耗，虧損;失敗;
"He suffered from headaches and loss of appetite ."
他患有頭痛和食欲不振。
近義：waste, dilapidation, hurt, impairment, injury, nuisance
反義：headway, improvement, interest, lucre, attainment, odds
adj. 有尊嚴的;莊嚴的;高貴的;厚重;
"He always strikes such a dignified pose before his girlfriend."
他總是在女友面前擺出這種莊嚴的姿態.
近義：lofty, masterful, masterly, merited, respected, solemn
反義：undeserving, undignified, contemptible, despicable, disgraceful
adv. 常常;經常;時常;再三;
?? 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 經常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反義：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
adj. 突然的，未預見到的;急躁的，倉促的;快的，迅速的;急劇;
?? 傻等（諧音）：事太 突然，讓你傻等 速(su)打(d)倒(d)恩(en)人，太 突然
"She was totally bewildered by his sudden change of mood."
他的情緒突變搞得她全然不知所措。
近義：hurried, abrupt, lightning, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous
反義：stepped, probable, expectable, expected