Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. It's simply a choice to take action.
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adv. 简单地，朴素地;（引出概括或解释）不过，仅仅;简直;<非正>实在;
💡 sim一次 + ply 折叠 →折一次 → ad.简单地；朴素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
这架时钟纯属摆设，它再也不走了。
近义：just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反义：elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
n. 希望，期望;希望的东西;被寄予希望的人或事物、情况;抱有希望的理由;
vt.& vi. 希望，期望;
vt. [俚语]相信，认为;
vi. 希望，盼望，期待;
💡 侯补”对员有 希望成为正式队员
"He was a beacon of hope for the younger generation."
他是年轻一代的希望之灯。
近义：illusion, aspiration, reliance, trust, trustfulness, fantasy
反义：hopelessness, desperateness, desperation, despond, despondence, despondency
vi. 来;开始;出现;发生;
vt. 做;装扮…的样子;将满（…岁）;
int. 嗨！;
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去，现在就要行动起来。
近义：impersonate, perform, personify, portray, represent, stage
反义：leave, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, split
calculating
['kælkjuletɪŋ]
adj. 计算（用）的;慎重的;<贬>精于算计的;
v. 计算(calculate的现在分词);
"His mechanical calculating engines were the antecedents of the modern computer."
他的机械计算机是现代电子计算机的雏形.
近义：computing, machinating, scheming, selfish, designing
反义：liberal, loose, nobleminded, openhanded, selfless, ungrudging
pron. 其中的哪一个;
n. 可能的选择;
💡 不管天气(weather)是否(whether)合适，我都要去 网友：马 胜 敏 补充：1：刚卖回来的灯泡（w）被他（he）给踢（t）到她的（her）脚下，他们
"I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not."
我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。
近义：if
n. 新闻;消息;（可当作新闻内容的）人;物;
"She didn't appear at all surprised at the news."
她听到这消息时一点也没有显得吃惊。
近义：tidings, report, newsworthy, newsy