Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others.
— Arnold Bennett  ·  No category

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praise [prez] 词频1 词根: 价值
n. 赞扬，称赞;崇拜;赞词; v. 赞扬，赞美;歌颂;崇拜;
💡 prais价值，评价+e→称其有很高价值，给以很高评价→称赞，赞美，赞扬，颂扬
"He referred to your work in terms of high praise."
他对你的工作大加赞扬.
近义：apotheosize, honor, hurrah, applaud, laud, magnify 反义：attack, recuse, reproach, batter, hammer, censure
enhance [ɪn'hæns] 词频5 词根: /hʌn/
vt. 提高，增加;加强;
💡 en(in,使成为)+hance(high)→增加；提高
"This is an opportunity to enhance the reputation of the company."
这是提高公司声誉的机会。
近义：heighten, highlight, hike, increase, increment, augment 反义：lessen, absorb, muffle, palliate, baffle, quieten
value ['vælju] 词频1 词根: 强壮
n. 价值，价格;意义，涵义;重要性;（邮票的）面值; vt. 评价;重视，看重;估价，给…定价;
💡 val(strong)+ue(名词后缀)→价值；估价；尊重
"The main criterion is value for money."
主要的标准是钱要用得划算。
近义：appreciate, prize, regard, relish, respect, treasure 反义：snub, coldshoulder
falsehood ['fɔ:lshud;'fɔ:lsˌhud] 词频3
n. <正> 谎言，假话，虚假;
"to test the truth or falsehood of her claims"
检验她陈述的真伪
近义：hypocrisy, lying, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, trickery 反义：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
often ['ɔf(tə)n] 词频1
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes 反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
upon [ə'pɑn] 词频1
prep. 在…上面;当…时候;
"It was a title bestowed upon him by the king."
那是国王赐给他的头衔。
近义：above, atop, on, onto, over, o'er

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"Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense."
"The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy the gloom of somebody else."
"The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is."
"It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior imapartiality."
"The real tradegy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort-he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature."
"A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating."
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