One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.
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n. 问题;疑难问题;习题;引起麻烦的人;
adj. 成问题的;难处理的;关于社会问题的;
💡 problem- 【希腊传入拉丁】字面上表”向前抛的东西”也表问题
"His mind reached after an understanding of the problem."
他开动脑筋,想弄懂这个问题.
近义：headache, hitch, imbroglio, jam, knot, matter
反义：repair, reparation, workaround, remedy, refitting, overhauling
adv. 频繁地，屡次地;往往;动;动辄;
💡 frequent经常的+ly...地 → 经常地，频繁地
"The group have frequently used bully-boy tactics."
那个团伙常常耍流氓。
近义：oft, often, oftentimes, periodically, regularly, repeatedly
反义：occasionally, rarely, seldom, sporadically
adj. 将来的，未来的;[语法学]将来时的;
n. 前途;[美国俚语]未婚妻;期货;
💡 futur- 【拉丁传入法语】表示将来的某种状态
"We all work hard in the interests of our future."
我们都为我们自己的将来而努力工作.
近义：next, oncoming, unborn, coming, forthcoming
反义：prior
adj. 过去的，以前的;结束的;前任的;
n. 过去，过往;往事;[语]过去时;
prep. 超过，超出;远于;越过;
adv. 经过，超过;
💡 past（过去的）已经pass（过去）
"She strode past him without a backward glance ."
她大步从他身边走过，都没有回头瞧他一眼。
近义：preterit, preterite, history, background, record, form
反义：modern, newfangled, present, topical, contemporary, current
vt.& vi. 使转动;旋转;使改变方向;使不适;
vt. 使变酸;使变换;使变为;
n. 翻转;（路线或方向的）改变;机会;
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府对核能的态度来了个180度的大转变。
近义：loop, slew, swerve, veer, wind, bend
反义：reerect, right, straighten, unfold, untwist
adv. 大约;旋转;到处，四处;在周围;
prep. 围绕;在附近;前后，左右;在…周围;
💡 前缀:a 表示加强意义
"He arrived around five o'clock."
他大约是五点钟到的。
近义：about, approximately, loosely, nearly, roughly, thereabout