Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still.
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n. 激情，热情;热心，爱好;热恋;酷爱;
vt.&vi. [诗歌用语]表露强烈感情，显示巨大热情;
💡 pass感情+ion名词后缀 →热情，激情
"That child stamps her foot when she is in a passion."
那女孩一发脾气就跺脚.
近义：infatuation, inflaming, ardor, obsession, paroxysm, vehemence
反义：aboulia, apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indolence, informality
vi. 发展;生长;形成;发达 ;
vt. 发展;开发;研制;冲洗（胶片）;
💡 de相反+velop盖上→不阻止，不掩盖→发展，形成，开发
"to develop a strategy for dealing with unemployment"
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近义：urbanize, cultivate, evolve, expand, fabricate, amplify
反义：accomplish, climax, complete, crown, finalize, stanch
n. 承诺，许诺;委任，委托;致力，献身;承担义务;
💡 com 共同 + mit 送，放出 + ment表示行为、行为的过程或结果 → n. 信奉,献身;承担的义务;承诺,许诺,保证
"Both sides affirmed their commitment to the ceasefire."
双方均申明答应停火。
近义：ideal, intent, intention, aspiration, mark, meaning
adv. 逐步地，渐渐地;按部就班地;日趋;冉冉;
💡 grad步+ ual...的 + ly...地→ gradual逐步的+ ly...地 → 逐步地
"The drugs work well at first but gradually lose their effectiveness."
这些药的效果起初非常好,但后来逐渐失效.
近义：increasingly, progressively, seriatim, slowly, successively, consecutively
反义：clean, cold
vi. 褪去，失去光泽;逐渐消逝;凋谢，衰老;
vt. 使褪色;
adj. 乏味的，平淡的;
💡 废的(谐音)→颓废的→ 褪色 枯萎 网友：yqy 补充：衰减了，所以“废的”；运气（fate）消退（fade），成功无望
"Will the colour in this material fade?"
这种料子褪色 吗 ?
近义：sear, wilt, wither, run, dim, disappear
n. 亲密;亲近;亲昵的言行;性行为;
"His claims to an intimacy with the President are somewhat exaggerated."
他声称自己与总统关系密切,这有点言过其实.
近义：kinship, propinquity, closeness, conversance, conversancy, affinity
反义：isolationism, lonelihood, loneliness, loneness, marginalization, separation