I used to believe that marriage would diminish me, reduce my options. That you had to be someone less to live with someone else when, of course, you have to be someone more.
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n. 结婚;婚姻生活;密切结合;合并;
💡 marri=marry结婚+age状态，总称 →结婚
"It was an action replay of the problems of his first marriage."
这是他第一次婚姻问题的重演。
近义：matrimony, nuptial, nuptials, wedding, wedlock, conjugality
反义：separation
vt. （使）减少，缩小;减弱…的权势;[乐]减半音;
vi. 变小或减少;逐渐变细;
💡 di=de减少+min小+ish表动词→变小，减少
"We should try to diminish the cost of production."
我们应尽力减少生产成本.
近义：lessen, lower, absorb, muffle, attenuate, palliate
反义：heighten, increase, multiply, augment, redouble, reduplicate
vt. 减少;缩小;使还原;使变弱;
vi. 减少;节食;蒸发;（液体）浓缩变稠;
💡 re回+duce引导，带来→往回引→降低，减少
"The company has strenuously defended its decision to reduce the workforce."
公司竭力为其裁员的决定辩护.
近义：lessen, lower, muffle, attenuate, restrain, slacken
反义：heighten, hike, hypo, increment, intensify, magnify
pron. 某人，有人;
n. 某个人;
💡 some某些+one一个 → 某人
"Someone must have blabbed to the police."
一定有人向警方告密了。
近义：anybody, anyone, one, somebody
n. 课程;航线;行动方向;一道菜;
vt. 快速地流动;奔流;跑过;追逐;
vi. 沿…（方向）前进;指引航线;快跑;迅速移动;
💡 cour 发生+se → n. 发展；进程，课程，一道菜
"There were only three of us on the advanced course."
只有我们三人学高级课程。
近义：racecourse, racetrack, speedway, track, pass, range
adj. 用过的;习惯于;二手的;旧的;
v. 使用（ use的过去式和过去分词）;常常，经常;
"Things ain't what they used to be."
现在情况不比从前了。
近义：outworn, worn, utilized, wonted, accustomed
反义：unused, unworn