If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
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adj. 外面的，外部的;表面上的;外用的;外国的;
n. 外部，外面;外观;外部情况;
💡 exter出去+nal=al...的 → 出去的 →在外面的 →外部的
"The accounts have to be audited by a firm of external auditors."
这些账目必须由一家外聘审计员的公司来稽查.
近义：appearance, image, look, looks, aspect, seeming
反义：inside, interior, inward, medullary, systemic, intern
n. 估计，预测;报价，预算书;评价，判断;
vt. 估计，估算;评价，评论;估量，估价;
💡 estim价值+ate动词后缀 → 使之成为有价值的东西的过程 → 估计，估量
"They estimate the number at more than one million each year."
他们估计每天这样的数目将超过一百万。
近义：calculate, appraise, appreciate, assess, rate, valuate
vt. 撤销，取消;废除;
vi. 有牌不跟;
💡 re回，向后+vok呼喊+e→收回说出的话→取消，撤回
"Remarriage would revoke all previous wills."
再婚会使原有的一切遗嘱失效.
近义：invalidate, abrogate, nullify, outlaw, proscribe, ban
反义：inchoate, initiate, institutionalize, integrate, articulate, make
n. 瞬间，片刻;时刻;重要，紧要;[物]力矩;
💡 mom(move)+ent(名词后缀)→瞬间；片刻；重要
"The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up."
小丑一出现在舞台上, 观众们个个笑得前俯后仰.
近义：instant, tick, time, while, bit, flash
反义：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife
n. 痛苦;刻苦;令人厌烦的人[事物];身体某部分的疼痛[不适];
vt.& vi. （使）疼痛，（使）痛苦，伤害;
vt. 使…痛苦;使…烦恼;
vi. 感到疼痛;引起疼痛;
💡 我怕(pa)里面(in)会 痛苦 我(i)像热锅(pan)上的蚂蚁很 痛苦 拍(pai)脑(n)壳很 痛
"The pain was almost more than he could bear."
这种痛苦几乎使他无法忍受。
近义：hurt, ache, burn, sadden, torment, trouble
反义：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
n. 事件，形势;东西，事物;家伙;事业;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。
近义：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob