Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
vt. 低估;对…估计不足;看轻;把…的价值估计过低;
n. 低估;估计不足;过低评价，过低估价;轻视;
💡 under不足，不够+estimate估计→估计不足
"We often underestimate our potentialities."
我们常常低估自己的潜力。
近义：slight, snub, spurn, trivialize, underrate, understate
反义：prize, treasure, value, admire, esteem
n. 恭维;敬意;道贺，贺词;致意;
vt. 向…道贺;称赞;向…致意;
💡 com全部+pli满，填满+ment名词后缀→[让人]+分满足→恭维[别人]
"The manager paid her a compliment on her work."
经理赞扬了她的工作.
近义：laud, praise, joy, congratulate, eulogize, extol
反义：attack, recuse, reproach, batter, hammer, censure
adj. 潜在的，有可能的;[语法学]可能语气的，表示可能性的;有能力的;
n. 潜力，潜能;[物]电位，势能;潜能的事物;[语]可能语气;
💡 potent能力，动力+ial...的→由“能力”引申为“潜力” → 潜力
"The potential of hydroelectricity of one region varies from that of another."
水电的潜力因地而异.
近义：aptitude, aptness, possibility, potentiality, skill, suitability
反义：inadequacy, incompetence, ineptness, unsuitability, impracticable, unachievable
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
n. [机]动力，功率;力量;政权，权力;强国，大国;
vt. 运转;用发动机发动;使…有力量;
vi. 靠动力行进;快速行进;
adj. 权力的;机械能的，电动的;用电力（或动力）发动的;
"The engine is being specially adapted to increase its power."
正在对这台引擎进行改装以增加它的功率.
近义：move, operate, activate, actuate, energise, energize
反义：incapacity, powerlessness, weariness, impotency, impotentness, impossibility
vt. 触摸;使某物与…轻轻接触;吃或喝，尝;[数]与…相切;
n. 触摸，碰;触觉，触感;修饰，润色;痕迹;
vi. 接触;联系;
💡 十条(t)轮船(ou)上的长椅(ch)前后 接触， 联系在一起 偷(tou)吃(ch-chi)的人在 触摸包子
"They embraced and promised to keep in touch."
他们互相拥抱，许诺将保持联系。
近义：reference, discuss, impact, impinge, impress, influence
反义：indurate, inure, steel, temper, harden