Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
— Unknown
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?? 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
pron. 沒有人，無人;
n. 小人物，無足輕重的人;
?? no無 +body 人→ pron.誰也不；無人
"Nobody can gainsay his claims."
沒人能夠反駁他的說法。
近義：none
adv. 僅僅，只不過;只是;純粹;全然;
?? mere僅僅 + ly...的 → ad.僅僅，只不過
"Do you really want to go or are you merely being amiable?"
你是真的想去呢,還是僅僅為了表示友好?
近義：just, only, purely, simply, solely, but
adj. 活（著）的;現存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生計;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的現在分詞);居住;以…為生;（按照規矩）管理生活;
?? liv生活+ing名詞后綴 → 生活，生計
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住條件極為惡劣。
近義：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反義：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 數字;數量;號碼;編號;
v. 標號;總計;把…算作;
?? numer, number 表示”數字”;”計算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
過去十年，農業從業人數已經下降。
近義：numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher
反義：remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
n. 熱情，熱忱;熱衷的事物;宗教的狂熱;
?? en進入+thus=theo神+iasm狀態→進入神的狀態→熱情
"We set about our task at once with great enthusiasm."
我們立刻興致勃勃地干起來.
近義：infatuation, ardor, ardour, keenness, passion, urge
反義：aboulia, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, lassitude
vt. 種植;擴大;擴展;增加;
vi. 生長;漸漸變得;逐漸開始;
vt.& vi. （使）留長，蓄長;
"He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache."
他已經決定留起絡腮胡子和髭。
近義：proliferate, propagate, breed, upsize, expand, increase
反義：shrink, lessen, attenuate, reduce, remit, slacken