It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward.
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adj. 醒着的;警惕的;
vt.& vi. 唤醒;唤起;觉悟;
💡 a加强意义+wake醒着→唤醒，使醒
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他发觉自己醒了过来，而且高度警觉。
近义：awaken, rouse, wake, waken, arouse, revive
反义：kip, sleeping, dormant
adv. <美>以后，过后;
💡 after以后+ward向...的→之后，后来，以后
"He dissected the plan afterward to learn why it had failed."
他事后仔细剖析那项计划以便搞清它失败的原因.
近义：hereafter, hereinafter, later, next, presently, subsequently
adj. 较好的;更合适的;能力更强的;好转的;
adv. 更好地;更妥;更;
v. 胜过;上进;
n. 更好者;更有才智者;
"We're hoping for better weather tomorrow."
我们希望明天天气转好。
近义：improve, perfect, upgrade, meliorate, complete, enrich
反义：intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, lousy
vi.& link-v. 睡，睡觉;
vi. 睡，睡觉;睡眠状态;
vt. 为…提供床位;提供住宿;以睡觉打发日子;
n. 睡眠;
💡 s(睡)+l+ee(眼睛)+p: 睡觉 船(ship)上的她入睡（sleep）后像只绵羊（sheep）
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：doss, doze, kip, shuteye, rheum
反义：awaken, rouse, nonsleep, restlessness, sleeplessness, wakefulness
adv. 事先，预先;提前;
adj. 提前的;预先准备好的;
💡 before(ad. 在前面)+hand→ 预先
"It is reasonable to assume that he knew beforehand that this would happen."
有理由认为他事先就知道会发生这样的事。
近义：heretofore, once, prematurely, previously, rather, thereinbefore
反义：later, posthumously, thereafter, thereinafter, ulteriorly, afterward