Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.
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n. 堅(jiān)固;堅(jiān)實(shí);堅(jiān)定;堅(jiān)決;
?? firm 堅(jiān)定 + ness 表名詞→ 堅(jiān)定, 穩(wěn)固
"He was a man of intelligence and of firmness of will."
他是個(gè)聰明而又意志堅(jiān)定的人.
近義：severity, stability, stableness, solidity, stiffness, aplomb
反義：hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, irresolution, mutability, unsteadiness
n. 意志;目的;作用;（進(jìn)行中的）行動(dòng);
vt. 有意;打算;企圖（做）;決意（做）;
?? pur始終+pose放→始終放的東西→目的，意圖
"We spoke to little purpose — his mind was clearly made up already."
我們說的話幾乎不起作用,他顯然已下定決心了.
近義：intend, consider, appoint, ascribe, denote, designate
adj. 必要的;強(qiáng)制的;必然的;不可避免的;
n. 必需品;
?? necess必要 + ary 表示有...性質(zhì)的， → a.必要的；必然的
"Vitamin D is necessary to aid the absorption of calcium from food."
從食物中吸取鈣需靠維生素D的幫助。
近義：indispensable, inevitable, mandatory, needful, obligatory, obliged
反義：needless, pointless, profitless, purposeless, redundant, reiterative
n. 成功，成就;好成績(jī)，好結(jié)果;成功的人（或物）;
?? suc在…下面+cess行走→在后面跟著前人走→成功；勝利
"He had finally achieved success."
他終于獲得了成功。
近義：hit, arrival, triumph, trump, victory, win
反義：infelicity, irregularity, lapse, miss, overthrow, shortcoming
n. 天才;天賦;天才人物;（特別的）才能;
?? geni出生，產(chǎn)生+us用→生出[就有]→天才
"the genius of Shakespeare"
莎士比亞的天才
近義：sage, savant, intellect, intelligence, invention, knack
反義：idiocy, imbecility, inanity, asininity, ludicrousness, nonsense
n. 性格;特點(diǎn);字母;角色;
vt. 刻，印;使具有特征;
?? 性格 品質(zhì)佳的人坐著椅子(char-chair)也能做(act)兩(er)天的事
"Her involvement in the fraud has left a serious blot on her character."
她卷入了這次欺詐案，在她的品格上留下了一個(gè)很大的污點(diǎn)。
近義：makeup, mettle, nature, personality, selfhood, spirit
反義：timidity, timidness