Imagination was given man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
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n. 想像，想像力;空想，妄想;想像出來的事物;
?? imagin=imagine想象+ation表名詞 →想象
"a product of her febrile imagination"
她狂想的產物
近義：imagining, visualization, gumption, creativeness, creativity, daydream
反義：sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
vt. 補償，賠償;報酬;抵消;
vi. 補償，彌補;
?? com全部+pens花費+ate動詞后綴→花費的錢全部[拿回來]→賠償
"Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one."
失去心愛的人是無法補償的。
近義：offset, balance, steady, counter, counterbalance, equiponderate
反義：outbalance, unfit, unsettle, bias, misadjust, upset
n. 感覺，官能;意識，觀念;理性;識別力;
vt. 感到;理解，領會;檢測出;
?? sens(feel)+e(名詞后綴)→感官；知覺；意義；判斷力；感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
vt. 安慰，慰問;
n. 控制臺，操縱臺;演奏臺;懸臂;肘托;
?? con共同+sole安慰→一起安慰→安慰
"Nothing could console him when his wife died."
他妻子去世后，什么事情也不能使他感到寬慰。
近義：respond, cantilever, appease, liven, assure, mollify
反義：oppress, pain, sadden, suffer, torment, trouble
adj. 指定的，確定的;假設的，假定的;有…傾向的;贈送的;
prep. （表示原因）考慮到;（表示假設）倘若，假定;
n. 假設;
v. 給予，贈送( give的過去分詞);
"The pilot was given clearance to land by air traffic control."
飛行員得到空中交通管制站發出的著陸許可。
近義：particular
反義：indefinite, indeterminate, unascertained, uncertain, unsettled, vague
humor
['hju:m?]
n. 幽默，心情，詼諧;
vt. 迎合，牽就，順應;
?? 后綴:or 表示物 英文譯成中文：humor（幽默），coffee（咖啡），tank（坦克），sofa（沙發）
"Humor is laughing at what you have not got when you ought to have it."
能對應有而沒有的東西一笑置之是謂幽默。
近義：humour, oblige, please, satisfy, suit, tickle
反義：reliability, responsibility, sedateness, staidness, thoughtfulness, earnestness