God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
serenity
[si'ren?ti]
n. 安詳;寧靜;尊貴的閣下;平靜;
?? seren平靜的 + ity 表名詞→ n.平靜
"Her face, though sad, still evoked a feeling of serenity."
她的臉色雖然悲傷, 但仍使人感覺安詳.
近義：imperturbability, placidity, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose
反義：perturbation, riot, stir, tumult, turmoil, upheaval
vi. 承認;同意;承兌;
vt. 接受;承認;承擔;承兌;
?? ac一再+cept拿→接受；承認
"The evidence was so compelling that he felt constrained to accept it."
證據是那樣的令人折服，他覺得不得不接受。
近義：honor, permit, avow, receive, recognize, tolerate
反義：refuse, reject, snub, spurn, decline, disavow
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
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
vt. 承認;同意;準許;授予;
n. 撥款;補助金;授給物（如財產、授地、專有權、補助、撥款等）;
vi. 同意;
?? gr(great)+ant(螞蟻): 給予偉大的螞蟻 拔款 網友：yqy補充： 準予（grant）豪華（grand）的泰坦尼克號下水－－永遠的教訓
"If you grant my request, you will earn my thanks."
如果你答應我的要求, 就會得到我的感謝.
近義：assignment, cession, concession, endowment, fellowship, award
反義：nab, seize, wrest, take, capture, catch
vt. 改變，變更;交換，替換;兌換;換衣服（床單）;
vi. 改變，轉變;交換，互換;換衣，更衣;
n. 變化，改變;交換，交替;零錢，找頭;代替物;
?? 產(chan)鴿(ge) 改變有 零錢 網友：張騰 補充：chang 為 常，e為娥，常娥奔月代表月亮，而月亮是變化無常的。用聯想分拆法記下
"political groups agitating for social change"
鼓吹社會變革的政治團體
近義：switch, modify, mutate, transform, unsettle, upset
反義：hold, husband, keep, prop, save, steady