I've often thought that the process of aging could be slowed down if it had to go through Congress.
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n. 过程;工序;做事方法;工艺流程;
vt. 加工;处理;审阅;审核;
vi. 列队行进;
adj. 经过特殊加工（或处理）的;
💡 pro向前，在前+cess行走→过程；进行
"The factory manager used a flowchart to explain the production process."
工厂经理用一幅作业图来说明生产过程.
近义：inure, mill, treat, transact, execute, expedite
n. 国会;代表大会;（用于某些国家的政党名称）国民大会;社交;
vi. 开会，集合;
💡 con共同+gress行走→走到一起→代表大会
"But Congress is in a dangerously fretful mood."
但国会存在一种危险的焦躁情绪。
近义：assembly, meeting, conference, convention, convocation
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. 思想;想法;关心;思索;
v. 想( think的过去式和过去分词);思索;以为;认为;
"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：idea, intent, meditation, mind, notion, pondering
反义：unintentional, unmeant, unwilled, unwitting, unwilling
aging
['eidʒiŋ]
n. 老化;老龄化;（酒等的）陈化;熟化;
v. 使变老;（使）长大( age的现在分词 );使显老;使变老;使苍老;
"Wine deepens on aging."
酒久藏而变醇.
近义：antique, archaic, passe, dated, decrepit, maturing
反义：juvenescence, modernization, rejuvenescence, renewal, renovation, revampment
adv. （坐、倒、躺）下;向下;（表示范围或顺序的限度）下至;
prep. （从高处）向下;（表示位置）在…的下方;（表示方向）沿着…向下;（表示时间）自…以来;
adj. 向下的;沮丧的;计算机或计算机系统停机;（以…）落后于对手的;
n. （鸟的）绒羽;绒毛;软毛;汗毛;
vt. 放下;（尤指大口或快速地）喝下;使摔倒;击落（敌机等）;
vi. [常用于祈使句中]下去;下来;卧倒;下降;
💡 音“铛”，铛的一声向下 落
"Calm down! Don't get so agitated."
冷静下来！别那么激动。
近义：lint, fluff, fuzz, ingurgitate, quaff, swallow
反义：above, overhead, upstairs, upward, upwards, aloft