cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion, between supposed lovers, between supposed brothers. And I know the pieces fit.
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n. 倾向，趋势;（话或作品等的）旨趣，意向;性情;癖好;
💡 tend伸展；扩大+ency状态→伸出去的状态→偏向一边→倾向
"the tendency to see old people as asexual"
认为老年人性缺乏的倾向
近义：inclination, leaning, movement, penchant, predilection, predisposal
n. 萎缩，衰退;
vt.& vi. （使）萎缩，（使）虚脱，（使）衰退;
💡 a无+troph营养+y表名词→无营养引起的肌肉等衰退 → 萎缩，衰退
"The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge."
如果没有更多的作家和艺术家出现，这个国家的文化生活将衰退。
近义：impair, ruin, stunt, deteriorate, degeneracy, degeneration
n. 感觉，官能;意识，观念;理性;识别力;
vt. 感到;理解，领会;检测出;
💡 sens(feel)+e(名词后缀)→感官；知觉；意义；判断力；感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
n. 怜悯，同情;恻隐之心;
💡 com共同+passion热情→用共同的热情帮助人 → 同情，怜悯
"He was mouthing the usual platitudes about the need for more compassion."
他言不由衷地说了些需要更加同情之类的陈腔滥调.
近义：leniency, mercy, pity, ruth, sorriness, succor
反义：heartlessness, inclemency, inhumanity, insidiousness, mercilessness, rage
adj. 寒冷的;冷淡的，无情的;失去知觉的;[艺]有冷感的，冷色的;
n. 寒冷;感冒，伤风;
adv. 完全地;
💡 太凉爽（cool）就感冒（cold）了 弯腰(c)的老人(old)怕 冷
"Her hands were blue with cold."
她的双手冻得发青。
近义：impersonal, obdurate, unfeeling, stony, stoney, glassy
反义：hearty, kind, loving, sociable, tender, warmhearted
n. 沉默，无言，无表示，无声，沉静，肃静，寂静，缄默;无音信，失去联系，忘却，湮没，无表示，无音讯;[乐]停止;
vt. 使安静;使沉默;压制;
💡 沉默死(si)冷(len-leng)厕(ce)无人知
"There was an awkward silence."
一阵令人尴尬的沉默。
近义：hush, lull, quiet, quieten, shush, still
反义：perturb, shake, agitate, disrupt, disturb, hullabaloo