The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.
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n. 努力，尝试;工作;成就;杰作;
💡 ef出+fort强大，力量→出力→努力
"She made a feeble effort to get to school on time."
她努力想按时赶到学校,但未成功.
近义：intent, pledge, pull, push, spirit, struggle
反义：heartsickness, hopelessness, intimidation, lassitude, tiredness, weariness
vt.& vi. 懂，理解;
vt. 了解;默认;听说;领会;
💡 under(under)+stand→懂；了解；通晓；认为
"That's just an approximation, you understand."
你知道那仅仅是近似值。
近义：ideate, imagine, apprehend, interpret, assimilate, penetrate
反义：misapprehend, misconstrue, mishear, misinterpret, misrepresent, misread
n. 宇宙;天地万物; 经验领域;
💡 uni一个+vers转向+e→统一旋转→宇宙
"Scientists disagree about how the universe was created."
科学家对宇宙是怎样形成的有分歧。
近义：world, cosmos
n. 人，人类;
adj. 人的;有人性的;显示人类特有弱点的;人本性的;
💡 hum土,地+an名词后缀，属于...的，传说人是由土造出的 → 人类
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老师打了个比喻，把人的心脏比作水泵。
近义：mortal
n. 笑剧，闹剧;滑稽剧;
vt. 用笑话补充、描述;〈古〉填充;
💡 farc 表示滑稽,胡闹
"They played a shameful [ despicable ] role in this farce."
他们在这场闹剧中扮演了可耻 [ 鄙 ] 的角色.
近义：humbug, lie, play, show, travesty, vignette
反义：sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
n. 恩泽;优雅;慈悲;魅力;
v. 使优美;惠赐;
💡 grace=grat 感激→ 感激别人态度一定好 → 文雅
"How long has Grace been involved with that red - haired boy?"
格雷斯与那个红头发的小伙子来往多久了?
近义：benedicite, honor, adorn, dignify, appeal, invitingness
反义：impoliteness, inelegance, abrasiveness, abruptness, asperity, rawness