His life oscillates, as everyone's does, not merely between two poles, such as the body and the spirit, the saint and the sinner, but between thousands, between innumerable poles.
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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
n. 精神，心灵;情绪;勇气;精髓;
v. 神秘地带走;
💡 spir呼吸+it名词→有精神
"He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance."
他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上.
近义：obliterate, efface, eradicate, exterminate, lifeblood, atman
反义：soma, heartsickness, hopelessness, intimidation, lassitude, tiredness
n. 圣人般的人（指特别善良、仁爱或有耐性的人）;圣…（冠于人名、地名之前）;（因其生死言行而被基督教会追封的）圣人;圣徒;
vt. 成为圣徒;把…视为圣徒;
💡 saint(sacred)→圣徒；圣者；列为圣徒
"Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint."
我年轻时的确热心于和圣贤经常来往.
近义：canonize, st.
反义：layperson, secular
adj. 无数的，数不清的;指不胜屈;不可胜数;无可胜数;
💡 in不+numer数目+able能...的 → 数不清的
"Innumerable books have been written on the subject."
已经有无数书籍写过这个主题。
近义：infinite, myriad, numberless, uncountable, uncounted, unnumbered
pron. 每人，人人;
💡 every每个的+one一个人→ pron.每人，人人
"The news astonished everyone."
这消息使大家十分惊讶。
近义：all, everybody
n. 生活，生计;生命，性命;一生，寿命;人生，尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end