People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
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n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"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：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 受苦，遭难;苦楚，苦难;令人痛苦的事;
v. 受苦(suffer的现在分词);蒙受;
adj. 受苦的;患病的;
💡 suf在下面+fer带+ ing表名词 →suffer带到下面去受苦+ing表名词\r\n → 受难
"He was suffering from chronic bronchitis."
他患有慢性支气管炎。
近义：heartache, heartbreak, misery, oppression, oppressiveness, pain
反义：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
adj. 未知的;不出名的;从未发生的;从不存在的;
n. 不知名或不出名的人;未知的事物;<数>未知数;未知数;
💡 un不+known已知的→不知道的；未知的
"The authorship of the poem is unknown."
这首诗的作者不详。
近义：mystery, puzzle, puzzler, secret, enigma, ignored
反义：noted, reputable, reputed, acknowledged, familiar
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
adj. 熟悉的;通晓的;冒昧的;随便的;
n. 常客，密友;高级官吏的家属;[天主]教皇[主教]的仆人;
💡 famili=family家庭+ar...的 →熟悉的
"The Empire State Building is a familiar landmark on the New York skyline."
帝国大厦是人们熟悉的纽约高楼大厦中的地标。
近义：known, acknowledged, intimate, near, close, friendly
反义：obscure, odd, outlandish, quaint, queer, queerish
adj. 困难的;硬的;有力的;努力的;
adv. 努力地;猛力地;严重地;沉重地;
n. 英〉硬海滩，登陆处;
"She attributes her success to hard work and a little luck."
她认为她的成功来自勤劳和一点运气。
近义：strongly, rigidly, stiffly, resistant, resistive, steely
反义：malleable, mellow, mild, attenuated, softened, squashy