Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.
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n. 真理;真相,事实;忠实,忠诚;现实,现实性;
💡 tru相信,真实+th抽象名词 →事实,真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反义:hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
adj. 舒适的;安逸的,处于轻松的;充裕的;
💡 com共同+fort强大,力量+able能...的 → 愉快舒适的
"We stayed at Tom's place. It isn't exactly Buck House, but it's comfortable enough."
我们待在汤姆那里。那并不是巴克宫,但足够舒适了。
近义:inviting, snug, cosey, cozie, comfy, cosy
反义:inconvenient, awkward, uneasy, unemployed, comfortless, constrained
n. 欺骗;谬见;错觉;妄想;
💡 de非+lus戏剧+ion名词后缀 → 错觉
"He is under the delusion that he is Napoleon."
他患了妄想症,认为自己是拿破仑.
adj. 较好的;更合适的;能力更强的;好转的;
adv. 更好地;更妥;更;
v. 胜过;上进;
n. 更好者;更有才智者;
"We're hoping for better weather tomorrow."
我们希望明天天气转好。
近义:improve, perfect, upgrade, meliorate, complete, enrich
反义:intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, lousy
adj. 残酷的,残忍的;使人痛苦的,让人受难的;无情的,严酷的;
💡 可辱尔(谐音): 残酷到可以污辱你
"A mother who is cruel to her child is unnatural."
母亲对孩子残忍是不近人情的.
近义:heartless, inclement, inexorable, inflexible, inhuman, inhumane
反义:merciful, pietistic, prayerful, religious, saintly, theological