There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
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n. 差別，差異;[數]差數，差額;意見分歧;特色;
vt. 辨別，區分;
?? dif分開，否定，不+fer帶來+ence名詞后綴→帶來不同→不同之處
"The new regulations will not make an appreciable difference to most people."
新的規定對大多數人將無大影響。
近義：inequality, odds, unlikeness, variant, version, inhomogeneity
反義：kindred, kinship, likeness, look, matching, parallel
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. 智慧，明智;常識，好的判斷力;知識，學問;古訓;
?? wis=wise智慧的+dom狀態或領域 →智慧
"The received wisdom is that they cannot win."
大家一致認為他們不會贏。
近義：prudence, sageness, sanity, sensibleness, carefulness, discretion
反義：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
adv. 真，真正;實在，果真;實際上;事實上;
?? real真實的+ly表副詞 →真正地
"Tom was really hungry and ate up everything served."
湯姆確實餓壞了,把端到桌上的東西吃得精光.
近義：honestly, indeed, just, authentically, particularly, properly
反義：hypocritically, insincerely, lyingly, meretriciously, misleadingly, untruthfully
adv. 一般地，通常;廣泛地，普遍地;概括地;主要地;
?? gener出生+ally...地→出生具有普偏性→通常地；通常強調普遍性
"It is generally accepted that people are motivated by success."
大多數人認為成功會推動人的積極性.
近義：invariably, mainly, mostly, normally, periodically, regularly
反義：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
pron. （反身代詞）他自己;（用以加強語氣）他親自，他本人;
"Yielding himself to his feelings of worthlessness, he tried to kill himself."
他總是覺得自己一無是處, 便企圖自殺.
近義：herself, him, itself, oneself, themselves, yourself