We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
📚 名句词汇解析
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adv. 容易地;很可能;迅速地;频繁地;
💡 easi=easy容易的 + ly ...地 → 容易地；无疑地
"The cream is easily absorbed into the skin."
这种乳霜皮肤易吸收。
近义：just, plainly, readily, simply, effortlessly, leisurely
反义：approximately, insufficiently, narrowly, nearly, barely, roughly
vt.& vi. 原谅; 饶恕; 对不起;请原谅 ;
vt. 免除;
💡 for(away from)+give→原谅（=to give away）
"I'll never forgive her for what she did."
我绝不会原谅她做的事。
近义：indulgence, absolve, pardon, remit, resolve, spare
反义：impeach, implicate, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict
n. 悲剧，惨剧;悲剧文学;悲剧理论，悲剧表演艺术;悲剧式作品;
💡 trag 表”山羊”,后引申为”悲剧”(最开始的悲剧是撒克逊人的山羊剧)##ode, ody 【希腊传入拉丁】表”歌,诗”#词根助记：trag(=山羊)+edy=山羊之歌(古代羊人剧是悲剧的前身)=悲剧
"a leaning towards comedy rather than tragedy"
偏爱喜剧而不是悲剧
近义：holocaust, misfortune, calamity, catastrophe, debacle, disaster
反义：joy, bliss, blithe, felicity, godspeed, happiness
n. 小孩，孩子;幼稚的人;产物;弟子;
💡 复数：child(孩子)+ren(人) chi(吃)+ld(冷冻):吃冷冻棒冰- 小孩
"The child was found abandoned but unharmed."
该弃儿被人们发现时安然无恙。
近义：infant, innocent, kid, kiddie, kiddy, lad
反义：senior, oldie, oldy, oldster, gaffer, greybeard
adj. 害怕的;担心的;恐怕;畏惧，害怕;
💡 词根af-向，词缀raid打、袭击，“担心挨打
"It's all over. There's nothing to be afraid of now."
一切都结束了。现在没有什么可怕的了。
近义：apprehensive, intimidated, nervous, awed, awestricken, awestruck
反义：intrepid, mettlesome, nervy, audacious, plucky, rash
adj. 黑暗的;乌黑的;忧郁的;神秘的;
n. 黑暗;暗色;暗处;
💡 轮椅(d)上的艺术家(ar)使肯德基(k)变得 黑暗
"She groped blindly for the light switch in the dark room."
她在黑暗的房间里摸索电灯开关。
近义：obscurity, penumbra, semidarkness, twilight, blackness, darkness
反义：incandescence, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, firelight, glow