Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.
— Kurt Vonnegut  ·  No category

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disappointment [,dɪsə'pɔɪntmənt] 词频2 词根: punct
n. 失望，扫兴;令人失望的行为（人）;
💡 dis 不、无、相反 + appoint 任命 + ment 表示行为、行为的过程或结果 → n.失望;沮丧
"Book early for the show to avoid disappointment."
欲看演出，从速订票，以免失望。
近义：letdown, nonevent, tiff, blow, chagrin, degringolade 反义：hope, aspiration, yearning, fantasy, dream, dreaming
remedy ['rɛmədi] 词频3 词根: re
n. 治疗法;补救办法;纠正办法;（硬币的）公差; vt. 改正，纠正，改进;补救;治疗;
💡 med 表”医生,治疗”#词根助记：re从新+med
"There is no simple remedy for unemployment."
失业问题没有简单的解决办法。
近义：heal, mend, rectify, repair, correct, cure 反义：intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate
maturity [mə'tjuəriti] 词频4
n. 成熟;完备;（票据等的）到期;[地]壮年期;
"He has maturity beyond his years."
他过于老成。
近义：ripeness, validity, deadline, duedate, expiration, expiry 反义：jejuneness, jejunity, callowness, childishness, infancy, youthfulness
bitter ['bitə] 词频1
adj. 苦的;尖锐的;严寒的;怀恨的，愤愤不平的; n. 苦;苦味物;苦啤酒;[航]系缆柱上的一圈缆索; adv. 激烈地;痛苦地;严厉地; vt. 使变苦;
💡 better-bitter:好的东西往往有点 苦{良药苦口}
"a long and bitter dispute"
漫长的激烈争论
近义：astringency, pungency, sourness, tartness, bitterness, amertume 反义：honeyed, mellow, sirupy, sugary, syrupy, hearty
unless [ən'lɛs] 词频1
conj. 除非，如果不; prep. 除了，…除外;
"The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge."
如果没有更多的作家和艺术家出现，这个国家的文化生活将衰退。
近义：save, except
laughter ['læftɚ] 词频2
n. 笑，笑声;〈古〉好笑的事;〈美俚〉力量悬殊得可笑的体育比赛;大笑;
"a bark of laughter"
一声大笑
近义：heehaw, laugh, laughing, mirth, tehee

📜 Kurt Vonnegut 的更多名言

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be."
"Humor is an almost physiological response to fear."
"Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing information."
"Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae."
"If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind."
"Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful."
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