In moderate doses melancholy can be strangley comforting, darkly sweet; it can by providing contrast, give an exquisitely sharp edge to happiness, especially to pleasures of the flesh.
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adj. 有節制的;穩健的，溫和的;適度的，中等的;<美俚>慢吞吞的;
vt. 使和緩;主持;節制;
vi. 變緩和;作主持人;
?? moder方式，模式，風度+ate形容詞后綴→做事有風度→適度的
"students of moderate ability"
能力一般的學生
近義：mitigate, qualify, restrain, slake, temper, buffer
反義：intensify, worsen, deteriorate, exacerbate, indomitable, rampant
n. 憂郁;悲哀;愁思;悶悶不樂;
adj. 憂郁的;悲傷的;凄涼的;陰沉的;
?? melan黑+chol膽固醇+y表形容詞或名詞 → 傷心得膽汁發黑 → 憂郁（的）；令人傷感（的）
"A mood of melancholy descended on us."
一種悲傷的情緒襲上我們的心頭。
近義：heartsickness, melancholia, moroseness, mournfulness, ruefulness, sadness
反義：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
n. 對比，對照;差異;對照物，對立面;[攝]反差;
?? contra(against)+st(stand)→對照；反襯；對比
"There is an obvious contrast between the cultures of East and West."
東西方文化之間存在著明顯的差異。
近義：associate, relate, check, collate, colligate, compare
反義：homologize, level, neutralize, normalize, balance, stabilize
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
adv. 尤其地;主要地，格外地;顯著地;異常地;
?? e使+special特別的+ly...地→特別，格外
"Paddles are used especially to propel canoes and kayaks."
短槳特別用于劃獨木舟和小艇.
近義：namely, particularly, peculiarly, privately, singularly, specifically