later, we shall undergo a progressive loss of our vigour and resistance which, though imperceptible at first,
再迟一些，我们就要经历生命力和抵抗力逐步衰退的过程。虽然这个过程起初难以觉察，
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 37 The process of ageing
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vt. 经历，经验;遭受，承受;
💡 under下+go进行→经历，忍受，经验
"to undergo minor surgery"
做小手术
近义：suffer, bear, endure, experience
adj. 不断前进的;进步的;进行的;
n. 改革论者;进步分子;
💡 pro向前+gress行走+ive名词后缀，表人 →进步者
"It was a progressive disease and he would suffer more and more."
病情逐渐加剧,他将忍受越来越大的痛苦.
近义：progressionist, outcoming, outreaching, advanced, advancing, creeping
反义：praetorian, rightist, tory, traditionalist, receding, sagging
n. 精力，活力;气势;强健;有力行动;
vigor的变体;
💡 vig =life 生命+our=or名词词根→ n.[亦作vigor] 活力, 元气, 气势, 魅力
"He worked with renewed vigour and determination."
他以新的活力和决心工作着。
近义：impetus, mettle, morale, nerve, pep, power
n. 抵抗;阻力;抗力;电阻;
💡 re反+sist站立+ance名词后缀→反抗；抵抗力
"As with all new ideas it met with resistance."
和所有的新观念一样，它受到了抵制。
近义：stamina, strength, guts, backbone, endurance, opposition
反义：puniness, weakening, weariness, exinanition, debility, destructibility
n. 损失，减少;丢失，遗失;损耗，亏损;失败;
"He suffered from headaches and loss of appetite ."
他患有头痛和食欲不振。
近义：waste, dilapidation, hurt, impairment, injury, nuisance
反义：headway, improvement, interest, lucre, attainment, odds