Think it the greatest impiety to prefer life to disgrace, and for the sake of life to lose the reason for living.
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prefer [prɪ'fɝ] 词频1 词根: fer
vt. 更喜欢;提升,提拔;给予(债权人)优先权;提出(控告); vi. 更喜欢,宁愿;
💡 pre预先+fer带来,拿来→预先带好→更喜欢
"The play is okay, but I still prefer the book."
戏还可以, 可我仍愿读原著.
近义:select, choose 反义:loathe, scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate
disgrace [dɪs'ɡres] 词频2 词根: grat
n. 丢脸;耻辱;不光彩;丢脸的人(或事); vt. 使丢脸;使失宠;使受耻辱;贬黜;
💡 dis 不 + grace优雅 →耻辱, 失宠, 丢脸的人(或事)
"Her behaviour has brought disgrace on her family."
她的行为使家人蒙羞。
近义:insult, libel, mistreat, offend, outrage, abuse 反义:honour, magnify, praise, regard, revere, reverence
living ['lɪvɪŋ] 词频1
adj. 活(着)的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的; n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道; v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;(按照规矩)管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活,生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义:livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive 反义:inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
think [θɪŋk] 词频1
vt. 想;思索;以为;看待; vi. 思辩;考虑;构想;回忆; adj. 深思的;供思考的; n. 想;想法;
💡 深刻(谐音):深刻的思 想 我在想(think)该如何感谢(thank)他们
"They'll think you're being antisocial if you don't go."
要是你不去,他们就会认为你不合群。
近义:imagine, meditate, mull, perpend, ponder, ratiocinate
impiety [[im'paiəti]]
n. 无信仰, 不虔诚, 不孝
近义:irreligion, irreligiousness, profanity, ungodliness, unholiness 反义:ardor, ardour, loyalty, obedience, piousness, devotedness
life [laɪf] 词频1
n. 生活,生计;生命,性命;一生,寿命;人生,尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义:being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest 反义:passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end

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