Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
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n. 幸福;高興;恰當;合適;
?? happi=happy快樂+ness表名詞→ 幸福,快樂
"I wish you the life of happiness and prosperity."
我祝你生活幸福、萬事如意.
近義：joy, pleasure, bliss, blithe, eudaemonia, eudaimonia
反義：misery, misfortune, sadness, wretchedness, infelicity, discontent
n. 忠誠，忠實;逼真;保真度;盡責;
?? fid相信，信念+el名詞后綴表示人、集體+ity表示性質→相信的性質→堅貞；忠心
"There is nothing like a dog's fidelity."
沒有什么能比得上狗的忠誠.
近義：ardor, ardour, loyalty, obedience, piety, troth
反義：infidelity, ingratitude, recreancy, thanklessness, treachery, treason
adj. 應得某事物;值得做某事;可尊敬的;配得上的，相稱的;
n. 杰出人物，偉人;
?? worth價值 + y...的→ 有價值的；值得的
"to be worthy of attention"
值得注意
近義：honorable, honourable, merited, notable, respectable, respected
反義：undeserving, undignified, contemptible, despicable, disgraceful
n. 意志;目的;作用;（進行中的）行動;
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. 有毛病的，失常的;錯誤的，不正確的;不好的，不公正的;反對的，相反的，顛倒的，背面的，里面的;
adv. 不對，錯誤，失當;不好，不公正;逆，顛倒，翻轉;有毛病，不舒服;
n. 過失，錯誤;不義的行為;不義行為;犯罪;
vt. 委屈，無理地對待，誹謗;
?? 勿(w)容(rong)忍 錯誤的
"I got it wrong. It wasn't the red one but the blue one."
我弄錯了。不是紅的那個，是藍的那個。
近義：hurt, injure, insult, mistreat, offend, penalize
反義：heal, mend, rectify, reform, remedy, repair
n. 主意，想法;[哲]理念，觀念;[樂]樂句;模糊想法;
?? dear(親愛的），你有什么好idea(主意）
"How does the idea of a holiday in Spain grab you?"
你對于到西班牙去度假這個主意感興趣 嗎 ?
近義：intent, knowledge, notion, purpose, think, thought