If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.
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vt.& vi. 用錢，花錢;
vt. 花費;消耗;花（時間）;度過;
n. （為某目的或某段時間內(nèi)的）花銷，花費，開銷;
?? s(dis-=apart)+pend(hang)→花費；耗用
"My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends."
我的幾個孩子在電話上和朋友聊天一聊就是幾個小時。
近義：outlay, consume, deplete, disburse, dissipate, drain
反義：husband, keep, maintain, conserve
adv. 完美地;理想地;完全地;無瑕疵地;
?? per全部+fect做+ ly ...地 → perfect全部做完=完美的+ly...地 → 完美地
"The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said."
證人們個個對自己所說的話十分肯定.
近義：ideally, optimally, pretty, quite, very, completely
反義：lamely, defectively, faultily
adj. 無用的，無效的;無價值的;差勁的;不怎么樣的;
?? use用+less無...的 →無用的
"The measures were decried as useless."
這些措施受到指責(zé)，說是不起作用。
近義：idle, inane, ineffective, insignificant, lousy, needless
反義：helpful, assistive, available, profitable, purposive, serviceable
n. 下午;后期，后部;
?? after之后+noon中午 → 午后，下午
"in the late afternoon"
傍晚
近義：evening, p.m., postmeridian
反義：awakening, sunrise, dawn, daybreak, forenoon, matinal
adj. 有學(xué)問的;博學(xué)的;學(xué)術(shù)上的;精通某門學(xué)問的;
v. 學(xué)習(xí)(learn的過去式和過去分詞);得知;
?? learn學(xué)習(xí)+ed形容詞后綴 → 有學(xué)問的；學(xué)術(shù)上的
"He has not yet learned how to be gracious in defeat."
他還沒有學(xué)會怎樣豁達大度地面對失敗。
近義：highbrow, informed, knowing, knowledgeable, lettered, literate
n. 方式，方法，做法;態(tài)度，樣子，舉止;禮貌，規(guī)矩;風(fēng)俗，習(xí)慣，慣例，生活方式;
?? 人(man)進門(n) 舉止溫文爾(er)雅
"She answered in a businesslike manner ."
她回答時顯出一副公事公辦的樣子。
近義：approach, means, method, mode, mood, nature