Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.
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n. 動蕩，不安定;騷亂;風潮;亂騰;
?? un不+rest平靜→不安；動蕩的局面；不安的狀態
"They accused him of fomenting political unrest."
他們指控他煽動政治動亂。
近義：anxiety, anxiousness, impatience, apprehension, misgiving, perturbation
反義：imperturbability, pax, peace, peacefulness, quiet, quietness
adj. 不敬（神）的;瀆神的;褻瀆的;世俗的;
vt. 不敬；褻瀆，玷污;
n. 未受秘傳的人;
?? pro(before)+fane(temple寺院；神殿)→非神圣的；不敬的；凡俗的；異教的；玷污（=outside of the temple）
"songs of sacred and profane love"
歌唱圣潔與世俗愛情的歌曲
近義：defile, desecrate, immoral, impious, iniquitous, irreligious
反義：honor, respect, revere, reverence, sanctify, worship
n. 悲哀，憂傷，憂愁，悲哀;令人悲哀或憂傷的事物;愁眉苦臉，心境惡劣，心情惡劣;認真;
?? sad悲傷 + ness 表性質，狀態 → 悲哀
"Her novels are infused with sadness."
她的小說充滿哀傷。
近義：heartsickness, heaviness, melancholia, melancholy, moroseness, mournfulness
反義：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
n. 社會;上流社會;社團;社群;
adj. 上流社會的，社交界的;
?? socie=social社會+ty表名詞 → 社會，社團
"Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society."
文明社會憎惡種族主義。
近義：aristoi, community, institution, merging, partnership, brotherhood
反義：personhood, self, selfhood, distinctiveness, individual
adj. 徒勞的;自負的;無結果的;無用的;
?? vain(empty)→無效的；空虛的
"She's just a vain, foolish woman."
她不過是個愚蠢自負的女人。
近義：immodest, infatuated, inflated, insolent, arrogant, assuming
反義：low, lowly, meek, mild, modest, unassuming
vi. 跳，彈跳;限制;接壤;
vt. 給…劃界，限制;使彈回，使跳躍;束縛;
n. 界限，限制;躍起;（球等的）反跳;
adj. 用帶子綁住的;有義務的;裝訂的，有封面的;[化，物]結合的;
?? bound(to bind)→裝訂好的；必定；決心的；被束縛的
"She was bound to a chair."
她被捆在一把椅子上。
近義：hop, jump, leap, spring, vault, limit
反義：unconfined, unhampered, unhindered