Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
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adj. 簡單的;單純的;易受騙的;天真的;
n. 笨蛋;愚蠢的行為;出身低微者;
?? sim(one by one)+ple(fold)→簡單的；樸素的；單純的
"her austere bedroom with its simple narrow bed"
她那僅有一張窄床的簡陋臥室
近義：uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, easy, facile
反義：arduous, intricate, labored, laborious, onerous, painful
n. 了解，理解;知識（表示多方面的知識時有復數knowledges這一用法）;學科;見聞;
?? know知道+ledge框架 → 知識
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英語已經學得很好。
近義：idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience
反義：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
adj. 難以忍受的，不能忍受的，經受不住的;承受不住的;
?? un不+bear忍受+able能...的 → 難以忍受的；承受不住的
"The heat was becoming unbearable."
炎熱開始變得難以忍受。
近義：insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, obnoxious, unendurable, unmanageable
反義：livable, passable, acceptable, sufferable, supportable, sustainable
n. 受苦，遭難;苦楚，苦難;令人痛苦的事;
v. 受苦(suffer的現在分詞);蒙受;
adj. 受苦的;患病的;
?? suf在下面+fer帶+ ing表名詞 →suffer帶到下面去受苦+ing表名詞\r\n → 受難
"He was suffering from chronic bronchitis."
他患有慢性支氣管炎。
近義：heartache, heartbreak, misery, oppression, oppressiveness, pain
反義：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
n. 人類;男性，男子;
?? man人+kind 種類→ n.人類
"the history of mankind"
人類的歷史
近義：humanity, humankind, humans, man, civilization
overwhelmingly
[?ov?'hwelmi?li]
adv. 壓倒地，無法抵抗地;
"They voted overwhelmingly against the proposal."
他們以壓倒多數票否決了該提案.
近義：oppressively, predominantly, preponderantly, sweepingly, crushingly