If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
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adj. 外面的，外部的;表面上的;外用的;外國的;
n. 外部，外面;外觀;外部情況;
?? exter出去+nal=al...的 → 出去的 →在外面的 →外部的
"The accounts have to be audited by a firm of external auditors."
這些賬目必須由一家外聘審計員的公司來稽查.
近義：appearance, image, look, looks, aspect, seeming
反義：inside, interior, inward, medullary, systemic, intern
n. 估計，預測;報價，預算書;評價，判斷;
vt. 估計，估算;評價，評論;估量，估價;
?? estim價值+ate動詞后綴 → 使之成為有價值的東西的過程 → 估計，估量
"They estimate the number at more than one million each year."
他們估計每天這樣的數目將超過一百萬。
近義：calculate, appraise, appreciate, assess, rate, valuate
vt. 撤銷，取消;廢除;
vi. 有牌不跟;
?? re回，向后+vok呼喊+e→收回說出的話→取消，撤回
"Remarriage would revoke all previous wills."
再婚會使原有的一切遺囑失效.
近義：invalidate, abrogate, nullify, outlaw, proscribe, ban
反義：inchoate, initiate, institutionalize, integrate, articulate, make
n. 瞬間，片刻;時刻;重要，緊要;[物]力矩;
?? mom(move)+ent(名詞后綴)→瞬間；片刻；重要
"The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up."
小丑一出現在舞臺上, 觀眾們個個笑得前俯后仰.
近義：instant, tick, time, while, bit, flash
反義：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife
n. 痛苦;刻苦;令人厭煩的人[事物];身體某部分的疼痛[不適];
vt.& vi. （使）疼痛，（使）痛苦，傷害;
vt. 使…痛苦;使…煩惱;
vi. 感到疼痛;引起疼痛;
?? 我怕(pa)里面(in)會 痛苦 我(i)像熱鍋(pan)上的螞蟻很 痛苦 拍(pai)腦(n)殼很 痛
"The pain was almost more than he could bear."
這種痛苦幾乎使他無法忍受。
近義：hurt, ache, burn, sadden, torment, trouble
反義：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
n. 事件，形勢;東西，事物;家伙;事業;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以過得下去。
近義：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
?? Marcus Aurelius Antoninus 的更多名言
"You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last."
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"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone."
— Bill Cosby