Vanity makes us do more things against inclination than reason.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 虛榮，浮華;自負;空虛，無聊的事物;無價值的東西;
?? van空+ity表名詞→空虛
"A man's vanity is actually in proportion to his ignorance."
一個人的虛榮心實際上是和他的愚蠢程度成正比.
近義：immodesty, imperiousness, insolence, insolency, jactitation, arrogance
反義：humbleness, lowliness, meekness
prep. 反對;對…不利;緊靠;以防;
?? gain =against (反對)#詞根助記：反對
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票贊成，五人反對，兩人棄權。
近義：athwart, agin
n. 傾向;愛好;斜坡;
?? in進入+clin傾斜，斜坡+ation抽象名詞后綴 → 傾斜，傾向，愛好，偏愛
"He did not show the slightest inclination to leave."
他絲毫沒有表現出要離開的意思。
近義：incline, leaning, pitch, rake, slant, slope
反義：indisposition, nonacceptance, averseness, unwillingness, dislike
n. 理由;原因;理性;理智;
vt.& vi. 推理，思考;爭辯;辯論;向…解釋;
?? 再（re）生一個（a）兒子(son)， 理由是第一個兒子夭折了
"The reason for the flood was that heavy rain."
水災是那場大雨造成的.
近義：ratiocinate, think, conclude, deduce, deduct, motivation
反義：idiocy, applesauce, imbecility, inaccuracy, inanity, mistake