The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition. It distracts you from what's truly important.
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n. 高處，高地，高度，海拔，（槍炮的）仰角，射角;升級，上進，向上;高尚;[建]正視圖，立視圖;
?? e出+lev提高,舉起,變輕+ation名詞后綴 → 提升，提高，高度
"his elevation to the presidency"
他提升到校長的職位
近義：promontory, agger, height, rise, altitude, lifting
反義：hollow, polje, scoop, sink, basin, dip
n. 物質，材料;實質，內容;[神]靈;（織品的）質地;
?? sub下面+st站立+ance表名詞→站在下面的東西→物質；本質
"to be arrested for possession of a controlled substance"
因藏有毒品而被捕
近義：matter, materiality, tangibility, corporeality, inwardness, quiddity
n. 名人，知名人士;名流;名聲;名譽;
?? celebr榮譽+ity表名詞 → 名人
"Does he find his new celebrity intruding on his private life?"
他是否感覺到他最近的成名侵擾了他的私生活？
近義：star, idol, superstar, heavy, hero, hotshot
n. 學期;條款;術語;期限;
vt. 把…稱為;把…叫做;
?? term(boundary)→期限；期間；學期；術語；措辭；交誼
"the expiry of a fixed-term contract"
定期合同的滿期
近義：call, designate, word, wording, definition, diction
n. 完成，達到;成就，成績;
?? achieve 達成+ ment表示行為、行為的過程或結果 → n.成績,成就；實現,完成,達到
"the greatest scientific achievement of the decade"
這十年最偉大的科學成就
近義：hit, arrival, attainment, performance, prodigy, prowess
反義：infelicity, irregularity, lapse, miss, overthrow, shortcoming
n. 貧窮;缺乏，不足;貧瘠，不毛;低劣;
?? poor(貧窮的)+ty(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→貧窮；缺乏
"He envisaged an old age of loneliness and poverty."
他面對著一個孤獨而貧困的晚年.
近義：impecuniosity, indigence, marginality, meanness, misery, pauperism
反義：plenty, wealth, wealthiness, opulency, affluence