To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.
📚 名句词汇解析
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adj. 高兴的;自鸣得意;（用于初次见面握手时）很高兴认识您;称心满意;
v. （使…）高兴( please的过去式);（使…）满意;想要;喜欢;
💡 pleas=please高兴+ed形容词后缀 → 高兴的
"Whichever day you come, we will be pleased to see you."
无论你哪一天来, 我们都很高兴.
近义：humored, appreciative, indebted, satisfied, thankful, welcome
反义：manque, wistful, choked, unfulfilled, disabused, disenchanted
adj. 不幸的，悲惨的，可怜的;卑鄙的;恶劣的;（用于表示烦恼）讨厌的;
💡 wretch不幸的人；可怜的人+ed=wicked受伤的 → 极不愉快的,难受的,可怜的
"You look wretched—what's wrong?"
你看起来愁眉苦脸的，怎么啦？
近义：miserable, ragged, ruined, scruffy, sloppy, tatterdemalion
反义：operational, roadworthy, sound, undamaged
n. 国家;州;状况，情况;资格;
vt. 规定;陈述，声明;
adj. 国家的;国务的，公务的;正式的;
💡 stat站立+e强调 → 国家；状态
"Dot arrived in a state of great agitation."
多特到达时十分焦虑不安。
近义：hold, maintain, assert, asseverate, manifest, assure
📜 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 的更多名言
"If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own."