Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
📚 名句词汇解析
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v. 当心;提防;
💡 be使…成为+ware注意→注意
"Motorists have been warned to beware of icy roads."
已经提醒开车的人当心冰封的路面。
近义：mind, ware, careful, caution, alert
n. 物质，材料;实质，内容;[神]灵;（织品的）质地;
💡 sub下面+st站立+ance表名词→站在下面的东西→物质；本质
"to be arrested for possession of a controlled substance"
因藏有毒品而被捕
近义：matter, materiality, tangibility, corporeality, inwardness, quiddity
vt. 失去;错过;遗失;耽搁;
vi. 损失;输掉;走慢;降低价值;
💡 10(lo)个司仪(se) 遗失了
"It is easy for children to lose their self - esteem ."
孩子很容易失去 自尊.
近义：mislay, misplace, miss, waste
反义：prosper, thrive, triumph, win, overcome, conquer
grasping
[['grɑ:spiŋ]]
a. 抓的, 握的, 贪婪的
近义：securing, understanding, apprehension, captation, comprehension, hold
n. 阴影;影子;鬼，幽灵;隐蔽处;
vt. 投阴影于;使朦胧;跟踪，尾随;预示;
vi. 渐变;阴沉;
adj. 影子内阁的;阴影的;非正式的;
💡 老大(ad)在展示(show) 阴影
"Please stand to one side; you're casting your shadow over my work."
请你往边上站一站, 你挡着我的光线了.
近义：sadden, darken, trail, obfuscate, obscure, shade
conj. 唯恐;以免;惟恐;生怕;
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"He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob."
他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊，怕他让暴民踩着。