If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 作家;作者;撰写人;写字…的人;
💡 writ=write写+er人 →作家
近义：literatus, author, redactor, columnist, contributor, editor
adv. 仅仅，只不过;只是;纯粹;全然;
💡 mere仅仅 + ly...的 → ad.仅仅，只不过
"Do you really want to go or are you merely being amiable?"
你是真的想去呢,还是仅仅为了表示友好?
近义：just, only, purely, simply, solely, but
adv. 离开，远离;在远处;消失;
adj. 不在的;遥远的;客场比赛;
💡 a(on)+broad→在远方；离去；不在
"In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual."
在旅馆里, 这些老人和往常一样喝个不停.
近义：abroad, out, outdoors, outside, without
n. 时间;时刻;时代;次;
vt. 为…安排时间;测定…的时间;调准（机械的）速度;拨准（钟、表）的快慢;
vi. 合拍;和谐;打拍子;
adj. 定时的;定期的;[美国英语]分期（付款）的;
int. [体育]时间到，（一场或一局等的）比赛时限，暂停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能带两个。
近义：clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon
vt. （使）破;打破（纪录）;（常指好天气）突变;开始;
vi. （嗓音）突变;突破;破晓;（价格）突然下跌;
n. 破裂;中间休息;间断;短假;
💡 把一块bread(面包)从中间break(折断) 面包(bread)壳(k)被 打破
"the break-up of their marriage"
他们婚姻的破裂
近义：debilitate, bankrupt, rupture, sever, shatter, smash
反义：mend, patch, refit, refurbish, rehabilitate, remodel
vi. 投掷;丢;抛;
n. 投掷的距离;丢;
vt. 掷（色子）;抛;猛动（头、臂、腿）;使处于，使限于;
💡 死肉(谐音):死肉 扔了算了
"I can't seem to throw off this feeling of inertia."
我好像无法摆脱这种无力的感觉。
近义：heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, out, pitch
反义：pick, scavenge, scoop, seize, snatch, take