Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest.
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n. 文化;[生物学]（微生物等的）培养;修养;养殖;
vt. 培植，培养;
💡 cult耕种，培养+ure抽象名词→[对心灵的]培养→人类文化
"the otherness of an alien culture"
异域文化的不同情调
近义：incubate, breed, cultivate, hatch, socialize, civilise
反义：philistinism, barbarism, roughness
n. 假定，假设;承担;想当然;采取;
💡 assumpt假定+ion表名词 → 假设，承担
"Implicit in his speech was the assumption that they were guilty."
他话语中的言外之意是设定他们有罪。
近义：hypothesis, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption, presupposition
n. 下降;（力量、健康、品格、权力、价值等的）衰退;下倾;（人、生命等的）衰退期;
vt.& vi. 辞谢，谢绝（邀请等）;
vi. （道路、物体等）下倾;（太阳）落下;（在品格、价值上）降低;衰落，谢绝;
vt. 谢绝，婉拒;
💡 de向下+clin倾斜=lean,slope+e→倾斜；衰退
"We need to take corrective action to halt this country's decline."
我们得采取纠偏行动来阻止这个国家的衰落。
近义：refuse, snub, spurn, disregard, lapse, lessen
反义：honor, permit, avow, receive, recognize, tolerate
adv. 大概;或许;很可能;备不住;
💡 probab=probable可能的+ly表副词 →可能性
"Most of the story about his private life was probably apocryphal."
有关他私生活的事可能大部分都是虚构的.
近义：likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly
反义：assuredly, absolutely, positively, quite, surely, thoroughly
n. 自己;本人;本性;私利;
adj. 同一的;纯净的;单一的;
vt. 使自花授精;使近亲繁殖;
vi. 自花授精;
"His style of dressing bespoke great self-confidence."
他的衣着风格显得十分自信。
近义：ego, individuality, selfhood, distinctiveness, selfishness, egoism
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