This life is short, the vanities of the world are transient, but they alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
adj. 短暫的;轉瞬即逝的;臨時的;
n. 臨時旅客;瞬變現象;候鳥;
?? trans轉移+ient形容詞后綴，…的→短暫的
"the transient nature of speech"
言語的即逝性
近義：passerby, pedestrian, wayfarer, bystander, impermanent, passing
反義：imperishable, lasting, perdurable, unceasing, unending, endless
adj. 單獨的;獨一無二的;獨自的;
adv. 單獨地;獨自地;孤獨地;只，只有;
?? al(all)+one→單獨的(地)(=quite by oneself)
"She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone."
她一想到獨自旅行的情景就害怕。
近義：isolated, lone, remote, secluded, sequestered, solitary
反義：joint
adj. 活著的;活潑的;有生氣的;敏感的;
?? a在…，…的+live活→活的
"We don't know whether he's alive or dead."
我們不知道他是死是活。
近義：live, living, quickened, surviving, animated, passionate
反義：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 生活，生計;生命，性命;一生，壽命;人生，塵世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎沒有目標。
近義：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反義：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
adj. 短的，短暫的;矮的;短缺的;短期的;
adv. 突然;唐突地;簡短地;橫貫地;
n. 短褲;短路;缺乏;
vt. 故意少給…的零頭，騙取;
vi. 短路;
?? 削頭”（諧音）削了頭人還能不 矮嗎？ 網友：雙木成林 補充：縮的（諧音），這樣就成短的；矮的
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小說是一種很難掌握的藝術形式。
近義：abridgment, abbreviation, little, minute, small, squat
反義：lengthened, lengthy, imprudent, intrepid, manful, mettlesome
n. 世界;地球;領域;塵世;
?? 一句（l）話（word）講出 世界的本質
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一個突然變得陌生而危險的世界里，他是她唯一的守護神。
近義：humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe