We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence...on pain of liquidation.
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vi. 出現，顯現;出庭，出場;演出;發表;
?? ap一再+pear看見→出現，顯露
"She didn't appear at all surprised at the news."
她聽到這消息時一點也沒有顯得吃驚。
近義：arise, materialize, surface, emerge, look, seem
反義：vanish, evanesce, evanish, fade
vt. 證明…有理;為…辯護;對…作出解釋;
vi. 整理版面;證明合法;
?? just(law)+ify(動詞后綴)→證明為正當；為…辯護
"He made a half-hearted attempt to justify himself."
他沒有盡力證明自己有理。
近義：substantiate, warrant, endorse, merit, occasion, deserve
反義：mislike, reject, remonstrate, reprove, censure, condemn
n. 存在，實在;生活，生活方式;實體，存在物;
?? ex出+ist站立+ence名詞后綴 →存在，生存
"belief in the existence of a benevolent god"
對于仁慈的神之存在的篤信
近義：presence, life, being
反義：inexistence, absence
n. 板;董事會;甲板;膳食;
vt. 上（船、車或飛機）;收費供…膳宿;使搭伙，使寄宿;強行登（船）;
vi. （火車、輪船、飛機等）接受乘客;搭伙，寄宿;
"Don't worry; the deal was completely above board."
別擔心，交易是完全合法的。
近義：blackboard, chalkboard, host, house, keep, lodge
n. 痛苦;刻苦;令人厭煩的人[事物];身體某部分的疼痛[不適];
vt.& vi. （使）疼痛，（使）痛苦，傷害;
vt. 使…痛苦;使…煩惱;
vi. 感到疼痛;引起疼痛;
?? 我怕(pa)里面(in)會 痛苦 我(i)像熱鍋(pan)上的螞蟻很 痛苦 拍(pai)腦(n)殼很 痛
"The pain was almost more than he could bear."
這種痛苦幾乎使他無法忍受。
近義：hurt, ache, burn, sadden, torment, trouble
反義：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
n. 清償;結算;清算;清除;
"The company has gone into liquidation ."
這家公司已破產。
近義：liberation, quietus, quitclaim, quittance, sale, satisfaction