We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives.
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n. 歷史，歷史學(xué);發(fā)展史;履歷，經(jīng)歷;（某地的）沿革;
?? histor過去發(fā)生的事 + y 表名詞→ 歷史；個人經(jīng)歷
"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(xué)獎得主為莫言，他“很好地將魔幻現(xiàn)實與民間故事、歷史與當(dāng)代結(jié)合在一起”。
近義：archives, papers, past, background, record, records
n. 意志;目的;作用;（進行中的）行動;
vt. 有意;打算;企圖（做）;決意（做）;
?? pur始終+pose放→始終放的東西→目的，意圖
"We spoke to little purpose — his mind was clearly made up already."
我們說的話幾乎不起作用,他顯然已下定決心了.
近義：intend, consider, appoint, ascribe, denote, designate
n. 萎靡不振，沮喪;下陷處，坑;衰弱;減緩;
?? de向下+press擠壓+ion名詞后綴 → 向下擠壓 → 沮喪；蕭條
"She suffered from severe depression after losing her job."
她失業(yè)后患了嚴(yán)重的抑郁癥。
近義：weariness, decay, decline, dejection, desolation, despond
反義：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
adj. 精神的;心靈的;高尚的，崇高的;宗教的;
n. 圣歌（尤指美國南部黑人的）;教會事物;
?? spirit精神+ual...的 →精神的；宗教的
"a spiritual that segued into a singalong chorus"
一首轉(zhuǎn)為會眾集體跟唱的靈歌
近義：unworldly, church, clerical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical
反義：worldly, temporal, earthly, earthy
n. 中部，中間;腰部;中央;正中;
adj. 中部的;中央的;正中的;中間的;
vt. 把…放在中間;把…對折;
vi. 放在中間;對折;
"The area contains a disproportionate number of young middle-class families."
此地年輕的中產(chǎn)階級家庭特別多。
近義：midpoint, midst, average, center, centre, waist
反義：stub, terminal, tip, butt, extreme, extremity
n. 位;地方;職位;座位;
vt. 放置;獲名次;投資;評價;
vi. 得名次;名列前茅;[美國英語][賽馬]得第二名;準(zhǔn)確把…推到預(yù)定地點;
"The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve."
晚會將在除夕那天舉行.
近義：lay, locate, marshal, park, posit, position
反義：move, rob, take, budge, tumble, discharge