Beauty is not only a terrible thing, it is also a mysterious thing. There God and the Devil strive for mastery, and the battleground is the heart of men.
— Unknown
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n. 美好;美人;完美;突出的范例;
?? bell, beau 美好
"Her beauty appeared ageless."
她的美顯得經久不衰。
近義：loveliness, niceness, preciousness, prettiness, pulchritude, sightliness
反義：hideousness, plainness, unsightliness
adj. 可怕的;危害極大的;<非正>很糟的;劣質的;
adv. 口〉非常，很，極;
n. 可怕的人;
?? terr怕+ible...的 → 可怕的
"to make a terrible blunder"
犯大錯
近義：heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific
反義：innocuous, offenceless, safe, unoffending, benign, harmless
adj. 神秘的，詭秘的;難以理解的，不可思議的;魔;玄妙;
?? myster神秘 + ious ...的 → a.神秘的；難以理解的
"The president's room conveyed a delicate aroma of the mysterious East."
總統的房間洋溢著神秘的東方風味.
近義：hidden, inexplicable, inscrutable, arcane, latent, occult
反義：apparent, irrefutable, manifest, noted, noteworthy, notorious
n. 魔鬼;家伙;淘氣鬼;冒失鬼;
vt. 虐待，折磨;（用扯碎機）扯碎;（替作家，律師等）做助手;抹辣味料烤制或煎煮;
?? diabolo-, diabol- 表示”魔鬼”
"He's a crafty old devil."
他是個奸詐狡猾的家伙。
近義：daemon, daimon, demon, deuce, fiend
反義：archangel, seraph, cherub
n. 事件，形勢;東西，事物;家伙;事業;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以過得下去。
近義：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
vi. 努力奮斗，力求;斗爭，力爭;
?? s(是)+tri(try試)+ve(我):我是在不斷地試- 努力 網友：yqy 補充：競爭（strife）引發努力（strive）;thrive－strive：
""Strive" means to work hard!"
意思是努力工作學習。
近義：hurry, labor, overwork, strain, struggle, toil