In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong.
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vt. 使受痛苦;折磨;使苦惱;
?? af一再+flict打擊→一再打擊→折磨
"They may grant you power, honour, and riches but afflict you with servitude, infamy, and poverty."
他們可以給你權(quán)力 、 榮譽(yù)和財(cái)富,但卻用奴役 、 恥辱和貧窮來(lái)折磨你.
近義:pain, bait, rack, sadden, tantalize, torment
反義:appease, liven, assure, mollify, pacify, balm
adj. 舒適的;安逸的,處于輕松的;充裕的;
?? com共同+fort強(qiáng)大,力量+able能...的 → 愉快舒適的
"We stayed at Tom's place. It isn't exactly Buck House, but it's comfortable enough."
我們待在湯姆那里。那并不是巴克宮,但足夠舒適了。
近義:inviting, snug, cosey, cozie, comfy, cosy
反義:inconvenient, awkward, uneasy, unemployed, comfortless, constrained
adv. 尤其地;主要地,格外地;顯著地;異常地;
?? e使+special特別的+ly...地→特別,格外
"Paddles are used especially to propel canoes and kayaks."
短槳特別用于劃獨(dú)木舟和小艇.
近義:namely, particularly, peculiarly, privately, singularly, specifically
n. 生活,生計(jì);生命,性命;一生,壽命;人生,塵世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎沒(méi)有目標(biāo)。
近義:being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反義:passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
n. 安慰;舒適;使人舒服的事物;給予援助或安慰的人或事;
vt. 安慰,使舒適;使(痛苦等)緩和;
?? fort(=forc表力) force 力 一起(com)用力(fort)使舒適 安慰 向外(e)用力(fort)叫 努力(effort) 使(en)有力(fo
"A small drop in the inflation rate was cold comfort for the millions without a job."
對(duì)數(shù)百萬(wàn)失業(yè)者來(lái)說(shuō),通貨膨脹率的微降是不起作用的安慰。
近義:appease, liven, assure, mollify, pacify, balm
反義:prostrate, undeceive, abate, chill, disenthrall, damp
adv. 安樂(lè)地, 舒服地, 寬裕地
近義:leisurely, snugly, accommodatingly, comfily, commodiously, snug