There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.There is no greater guilt than discontentment.And there is no greater disaster than greed.
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n. 灾祸，灾难;不幸之事;困苦;不幸;
💡 calam不幸+ity表名词 → 灾难，不幸
"The frost last week was a great calamity to the citrus industry."
上周的霜冻对柑橘种植业是一场大灾难.
近义：havoc, apocalypse, holocaust, misfortune, mishap, accident
反义：joy, bliss, blithe, felicity, godspeed, happiness
adj. 过分慷慨的;非常浪费的;过分丰富的;大量生产的;
vt. 过分给予，滥施;浪费，挥霍;慷慨地给与;
💡 lav洗,冲洗+ish形容词或动词后缀→冲掉→浪费
"It was a lavish reception as befitted a visitor of her status."
这场铺张的招待可算得正适合她这种身份的来访者。
近义：squander, waste, luxuriate, abounding, highfalutin, highfaluting
反义：husband, keep, maintain, conserve, idle, immaterial
n. 灾难;彻底的失败;不幸;祸患;
💡 dis不+aster星→星位不正，表示有灾难 → 灾难，灾祸
"A disaster was narrowly averted."
及时防止了一场灾难。
近义：ruin, unsuccess, mess, failure, hecatomb, holocaust
反义：joy, bliss, blithe, felicity, godspeed, happiness
n. 有罪，犯罪行为，罪恶;[法律] 轻罪，过失;内疚，知罪;自责;
💡 请注意“内疚”一意（a feeling of guilt）
"He had a chance to confess and expiate his guilt."
他有认错和赎罪的机会。
近义：blame, culpability, guiltiness, criminality
反义：innocence, guiltlessness
n. 贪心;贪婪;
"Greed is one of the seven deadly sins ."
贪婪是七罪宗之一。
近义：moneygrubbing, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, avidness, possessiveness
反义：humanitarianism, largeheartedness, largess, largesse, liberality, longanimity
[计] 大的
近义：larger, utmost, bigger, uttermost, veriest
反义：inferior, lower, minor, smaller, undermost