We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.
— Evelyn Waugh  ·  No category

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cherish ['tʃɛrɪʃ] 词频3 词根: car
vt. 珍爱;怀有;爱护;抚育;
💡 cher=char可爱的+ish表动词，如finish → 珍爱
"I cherish for you the liveliest feeling of affection and gratitude."
我对你怀有最强烈的爱和感激之情.
近义：appreciate, love, prize, relish, revere, savor 反义：underestimate, undervalue, downplay, disesteem
ability [ə'bɪləti] 词频2
n. 能力，资格;能耐，才能;
💡 -ability 后缀,表示能力,合适性##-ility 后缀;表示”意义,有能力”
"The system has the ability to run more than one program at the same time."
该系统能够同时运行一个以上的程序。
近义：aptitude, aptness, intelligence, knack, potential, skilfulness 反义：impotence, inability, incapability, incompetence, incompetency, invalidity
amuse [ə'mju:z] 词频2
vt. 使人发笑;逗乐;使消遣;娱乐;
💡 a(一个)+muse(缪斯):一个叫缪斯的女神 逗人发笑
"He could amuse us for hours with his stories of the theater."
他能接连几小时地为我们讲戏剧故事逗我们发笑.
近义：please, recreate, regale, delight, distract, divert 反义：overfatigue, overtire, overwork, pall, spend, tucker
ours [ɑrz] 词频2
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。
friends
n. 老友记（剧集）
近义：pals

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"Of children as of procreation - the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable."
"It is a curious thing ... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste."
"Punctuality is the virtue of the bored."
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