If happiness truly consisted of physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow.
— William Lyon Phelps  ·  No category

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happiness ['hæpɪnɪs] 词频1 词根: happy
n. 幸福;高兴;恰当;合适;
💡 happi=happy快乐+ness表名词→ 幸福,快乐
"I wish you the life of happiness and prosperity."
我祝你生活幸福、万事如意.
近义：joy, pleasure, bliss, blithe, eudaemonia, eudaimonia 反义：misery, misfortune, sadness, wretchedness, infelicity, discontent
truly [ˈtruːli] 词频2
adv. 真正;精确地，正确地;忠实的，诚实地;正当地;
💡 tru=true真实+ly表副词 →真正地，确实地
"a truly memorable occasion"
非常难忘的时刻
近义：aright, just, openly, authentically, particularly, properly 反义：hypocritically, falsely
physical ['fɪzɪkl] 词频2 词根: physics
adj. 自然（界）的;身体的;物质的;自然规律的; n. 身体检查，体格检查;
💡 phys生理领域 + ical ...的 → a.物质的；物理的；身体的
"the cult of physical fitness"
健身热
近义：material, personal, substantial, bodily, concrete, corporal 反义：unworldly
freedom ['fridəm] 词频1 词根: free
n. 自由，自主;直率;特权，特许;自由权;
💡 free自由的+dom状态或领域 →自由
"He made a bid for freedom by climbing over the wall."
他企图翻越这面高墙以获得自由.
近义：independence, liberty, autocracy, autonomy, emancipation, loosening 反义：peonage, thraldom, thrall, thralldom, vassalage, bondage
individual [,ɪndɪ'vɪdʒuəl] 词频1 词根: in
adj. 个人的;独特的;个别的; n. 个人;个体;
💡 in加强+di分开+vid分开+ual...的→与别人分开的→个人的，个体的
"Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job."
一旦就业，即停发福利救济。
近义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke 反义：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
ease [i:z] 词频2
n. 轻松，舒适;容易;安逸;不拘束，自在; vt. 解除痛苦;减轻;延缓;松弛; vi. 缓解，减少;轻松前进;
💡 e(眼睛)+a(男人)+s(女人)+e(眼睛):男人看女人，女人看男人，这种感觉是 舒适
"He passed the exam with ease ."
他轻而易举地通过了考试。
近义：perkiness, rakishness, abandonment, effortlessness, fitness, heal

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