The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposeful lives. To be engaged in a desperate struggle for food and shelter is to be wholly free from a sense of futility.
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n. 挨饿;饥饿;饿死;绝食;
💡 starv=starve使饿死+ation表名词 →饥饿
"Many people die of starvation during famines every year."
每年发生饥荒时都有许多人饿死.
近义：hunger, inanition, famine
反义：apathy, indifference, weariness, apositia, hyporexia, anorexia
adj. 绝望的;由绝望而引起的;铤而走险的，孤注一掷的;急切的，极度渴望的;
💡 de去掉+sper希望+ate动词后缀→去掉希望→绝望的
"The prisoners grew increasingly desperate."
犯人因绝望而越来越胆大妄为。
近义：hopeless, overcome, despairful, despairing, despondent, excessive
反义：idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
n. 感觉，官能;意识，观念;理性;识别力;
vt. 感到;理解，领会;检测出;
💡 sens(feel)+e(名词后缀)→感官；知觉；意义；判断力；感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
adj. 贫穷的，贫乏的;令人怜悯的，可怜的;匮乏的;低劣的;
n. the poor 贫困者，穷人;
💡 穿破（po）衣服的人（or），是因为 贫穷的
"Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor."
向富人征收的税应该比穷人的多.
近义：indigent, impecunious, landless, meager, miserly, needy
反义：loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
borderline
['bɔ:dəˌlain]
n. 分界线，国界线;
adj. 边界上的;边界附近的;暧昧的;不明确的;
"In borderline cases teachers will take the final decision, based on the student's previous work."
在难以定夺的情况下，教师将根据学生先前的作业做出最终评分。
近义：limit, abutment, precinct, purlieu, border, boundary
vi. 生存;居住;生活，过活;在生活中得到享受;
vt. 经历;度过;
"We cannot live without water."
没有水我们不能生存。
近义：last, reside, be, sojourn, subsist, dwell
反义：perish, vanish, part, croak, decease, depart