What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.
— George Dennison Prentice  ·  Health

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perpetual [pɚ'pɛtʃuəl] 词频3 词根: pet
adj. 永久的;不断的;无期限的;四季开花的;
💡 per贯穿+pet追寻+ual…的 →一直追的 → 无休止的；永久的
"the perpetual noise of traffic"
持续不断的交通噪声
近义：lasting, lifelong, perdurable, permanent, unending, chronic 反义：perishable, short, transient, transitory, unabiding, brief
anxiety [æŋ'zaɪəti] 词频2 词根: anxi
n. 焦虑，忧虑;切望，渴望;令人焦虑的事;挂念;
💡 anxi苦恼，焦虑+ety状态 →焦虑，渴望
"Valium is usually prescribed to treat anxiety."
安定剂通常用于治疗焦躁。
近义：anxiousness, apprehension, longing, misery, misgiving, pang 反义：imperturbability, pax, peace, peacefulness, quiet, quietness
tedious ['tidɪəs] 词频4 词根: tedi
adj. 单调沉闷的;冗长乏味的;令人生厌的;
💡 ted厌倦+ious表形容词 →冗长沉闷的
"The journey soon became tedious."
那次旅行不久就变得乏味起来。
近义：humdrum, irksome, arid, irritating, lethal, aseptic 反义：kindly, assenting, manageable, sociable, tractable, yielding
disease [dɪ'ziz] 词频1 词根: dis
n. 疾病;弊端;不安; vt. 传染;使…有病;
💡 dis(apart)+ease→疾病
"About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease."
全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。
近义：ill, malady, illness, complaint, condition, affliction 反义：healthiness, liveness, salubrity, salutariness, sanitation, sparkle
call [kɔl] 词频1
v. 呼唤，喊叫;召唤，叫来，召集;下令，命令;打电话给; n. 喊叫，大声喊;电话联络;必要，理由;要求;
💡 c(形像电话筒)a11音“拷”，电话筒和手铐都有一个圆
"Don't give me any aggro or I'll call the police."
不要对我使用暴力，不然我就叫警察。
近义：phone, telephone, muster, page, summon, convene 反义：scare, shoo, ward, forfend, forefend, disband
health [helθ] 词频1 词根: /hi:/
n. 健康状况;卫生;保健;昌盛，兴旺;
💡 heal(治愈）+th(名缀）治愈后恢复健康。
"He lost his health, and therefore his difficulties increased."
他身体虚弱, 因此更增加了他的困难.
近义：healthiness, liveness, salubrity, salutariness, sanitation, sparkle 反义：unhealthiness, unsanitariness

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