The gentle method requires more patience in the early stages, but produces a cheerful,
温柔法要求在最初阶段保持较大的耐心，但这种方法可以训练出性情愉快、
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 41 Training elephants
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 温和的;文雅的;高尚的;
vt. 使温和;使驯服;
n. 蛆;饵;
💡 gen “出生,种族”#词根助记：gen+tle→出身好的→高雅的
"a quiet and gentle man"
温文尔雅的男士
近义：master, tame, break, domesticate, mellow, mild
反义：impolitic, inconsiderate, loutish, randy, rank, raw
n. 方法;条理;
💡 meth(meta-=after)+od(way)→方法；体系；秩序（=a way after,a following after）
"a reliable method of birth control"
可靠的节育措施
近义：approach, logic, logicality, manner, means, mode
n. 耐心，耐性;忍耐;单人纸牌游戏;
💡 pati忍受 + ence表示性质、状态 → n.忍耐，容忍，耐心
"Everyone admired her patience and unfailing good humour."
人人都佩服她的耐心和永不衰减的好脾气。
近义：resignation, accordance, acquiescence, compliance, conformance, conformity
反义：restlessness, unrest
adj. 欢乐的，高兴的;令人愉快的;
💡 cheer欢乐+ful表形容词，“有…的” →快乐的
"You're not your usual cheerful self today."
你今天不像往常那么快快乐乐的。
近义：lively, happy, jaunty, jocular, jolly, jovial
反义：heartbroken, heartsick, hopeless, inconsolable, melancholic, melancholy
adj. 早的;早期的;早日的;（果实等）早熟的;
adv. 早;在初期;先前;提早;
💡 三十“而立”（谐音），人生 早期
"They filed an application to have their case heard early."
他们申请早日审理他们的案子.
近义：onetime, back, previous, prior, old, earlier
反义：hind, hindmost, back, postern, puisne, retral