Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
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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
n. 障礙（物）;障礙物（絆腳石，障礙柵欄）;
?? ob逆，倒，加強意義+st站立+acle名詞后綴→反著站的東西→障礙物
"A lack of qualifications can be a major obstacle to finding a job."
學歷不足可能成為謀職的主要障礙。
近義：hindrance, hitch, holdback, holdup, hurdle, impediment
vt.& vi. 決定;決心;
vt. 使消釋;使分解，使解體;（指委員會或集會）表決;消退（炎癥等）;
vi. 下決定;分解;
n. 決意，決定;（會議等的）決議;
?? re再+solve解決，溶解 → 解決
"a sincere attempt to resolve the problem"
解決這一問題的認真嘗試
近義：set, settle, bridge, rule, decide, determine
反義：junk, reject, scrap, waive, discount, squash
adj. 固定的，不變的;不易揮發的;處境…的，常作復合詞;（比賽等）通過作弊預先安排好結果的;
v. 固定( fix的過去式和過去分詞);
?? fix固定+ed被...的 →被固定的
"the expiry of a fixed-term contract"
定期合同的滿期
近義：irremovable, nailed, pinned, secured, set, standing
反義：astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
n. 心，精神，心力，知，智力，智慧;心胸，頭腦，人;愿望，目的，意向，意志，決心，見解，意見;記憶，記性，記憶力，回想;
vi. 介意;注意;
vt. 專心于;介意;愿意做;照顧;
?? mind→心；意志；精神；理性；智力；注意；開會；介意
"His mind reached after an understanding of the problem."
他開動腦筋,想弄懂這個問題.
近義：heed, attend, ware, beware, follow, care
vt. 壓破，壓碎;鎮壓;弄皺;擠榨，榨出;
vi. 擠;被壓碎，被起皺;
n. 粉碎，被壓碎的狀態;（特指女子對男性的）迷戀;擁擠的人群;果汁飲料;
"This machine is made to crush the rock into powder."
這臺機器是用來把石頭壓成碎末的.
近義：quash, suffocate, pulp, macerate, mash, pound
反義：reactivate, reconstruct, refurbish, rehabilitate, remodel, renovate
adj. 嚴厲的，嚴峻的;堅定的，不動搖的;嚴肅的;
n. 船尾，艉;末端;斯坦恩，英語男子名;
?? 斯特恩（諧音）：NBA總裁David Stern是 嚴厲的,他總站在 船尾指揮NBA
"The ship was in a blaze from stem to stern."
整艘船從頭到尾都著火了.
近義：poop, inflexible, ascetic, austere, rigid, rigorous