At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.
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vt. 获得，取得;学到;
💡 ac 加强 + quir 寻求，询问 + e → vt.取得；获得；学到
"To remove any ambiguity we have to acquire more accurate information."
为了消除含糊不清,我们必须取得更加精确的情报.
近义：obtain, procure, purchase, secure, buy, gain
反义：outwear, shed, abandon, chuck, dump, forget
n. 泰然自若;自信;体态;姿态;
vt. 使平衡;保持（某种姿势）;抓紧;使稳定;
💡 pend, pens 悬挂,称重, 引申为权衡,考虑,以及”花费”(即”称银子)#词根助记：=pend衡量
"She is a beautiful girl with the grace and poise."
她是一位仪态优雅的佳丽.
近义：balance, equilibrate, hover, smartness, stasis, chic
n. 能力，资格;能耐，才能;
💡 -ability 后缀,表示能力,合适性##-ility 后缀;表示”意义,有能力”
"The system has the ability to run more than one program at the same time."
该系统能够同时运行一个以上的程序。
近义：aptitude, aptness, intelligence, knack, potential, skilfulness
反义：impotence, inability, incapability, incompetence, incompetency, invalidity
n. （织物、毛皮等的）手感;手柄;举动;柄状物;
vi. 操作，操控;容易搬运;
vt. 用双手触摸、举起或握住;用手操作，操纵;处理或负责，管理;〈美〉买卖，经营;
💡 hand手+le表示做某种动作时所使用的东西 →柄，把手
"The handle of this door is kept by two screws."
这扇门的把手用两枚螺丝钉固定.
近义：winch, crank, influence, maneuver, manipulate, manoeuvre
adj. 困难的;难做的;难解的;不易相处的;
💡 dif不+fic做+ult表名词→不好做→困难的
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小说是一种很难掌握的艺术形式。
近义：rough, troublesome, complicated, arduous, intricate, labored
反义：uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, easy, facile
adj. 运气好的，侥幸的;兆头好的，吉祥的;〈俚〉难得;很恰当的;
💡 luck幸运 + y ...的→ 幸运的；吉祥的
"a happy-go-lucky sort of person"
乐天派的人
近义：jammy, privileged, propitious, successful, fortunate, happy
反义：luckless, ominous, poor, baleful, unblessed, unblest