If one has no vanity in this life of ours, there is no sufficient reason for living.
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n. 虚荣,浮华;自负;空虚,无聊的事物;无价值的东西;
💡 van空+ity表名词→空虚
"A man's vanity is actually in proportion to his ignorance."
一个人的虚荣心实际上是和他的愚蠢程度成正比.
近义:immodesty, imperiousness, insolence, insolency, jactitation, arrogance
反义:humbleness, lowliness, meekness
adj. 足够的;充足的;充分的;
💡 suf在…下面+fici做+ent...的→在下面先做好要用的→足够的
"The country is totally self-sufficient in food production."
在粮食生产上,这个国家完全做到了自给自足。
近义:sufficing, enough
反义:inadequate, incomplete, insufficient, lacking, bad, scanty
adj. 活(着)的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;(按照规矩)管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活,生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义:livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反义:inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 生活,生计;生命,性命;一生,寿命;人生,尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义:being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反义:passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
n. 理由;原因;理性;理智;
vt.& vi. 推理,思考;争辩;辩论;向…解释;
💡 再(re)生一个(a)儿子(son), 理由是第一个儿子夭折了
"The reason for the flood was that heavy rain."
水灾是那场大雨造成的.
近义:ratiocinate, think, conclude, deduce, deduct, motivation
反义:idiocy, applesauce, imbecility, inaccuracy, inanity, mistake
pron. 我们的;
"It is interesting to compare their situation and ours."
把他们的状况与我们的相比很有意思。