While I know that the beautiful, the spiritual, and the sublime are today suspect, I have begun to stop resisting the constant urge to deny that beauty has a valid right to exist in contemporary art.
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adj. 美丽的，美好的;极好的;
💡 beauti美丽+ful...的→美的，美丽的
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去，现在就要行动起来。
近义：arresting, lovable, lovely, beauteous, charming, adorable
反义：homely, inartistic, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely
adj. 精神的;心灵的;高尚的，崇高的;宗教的;
n. 圣歌（尤指美国南部黑人的）;教会事物;
💡 spirit精神+ual...的 →精神的；宗教的
"a spiritual that segued into a singalong chorus"
一首转为会众集体跟唱的灵歌
近义：unworldly, church, clerical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical
反义：worldly, temporal, earthly, earthy
adj. 庄严的，雄伟的;令人赞叹的;极端的;傲慢的;
n. 庄严，崇高;高无上，顶点;
vt. （使）升华，精练;（使）变高尚;
vi. 升华;变高尚;
💡 sub在…下面+lime限制→在限制下不乱做事→崇高的
"a sublime combination of flavours"
搭配巧妙的几种味道
近义：lofty, elevated, exalted
反义：artless, lurid, pedestrian, rank, banal, rough
vt. 猜疑（是）;怀疑，不信任;怀疑…有罪;
n. 嫌疑犯;
vi. 怀疑;
💡 sus在…下面+pect看→(偷偷地)在下面看→怀疑
"I suspect he's a closet fascist."
我怀疑他是秘密的法西斯分子。
近义：assume, misgive, mistrust, presume, regard, suppose
反义：trust, confide, appealer, appellant, indicter, indictor
adj. 不断的，持续的;永恒的，始终如一的;坚定;忠实的;
n. [数]常数，常量;不变的事物;永恒值;
💡 con始终+stant站立→始终站着→不变的
"His constant joking was beginning to annoy her."
他不停地开玩笑，已开始惹她生气。
近义：stable, undecreased, undecreasing, undwindling, immutable, incessant
反义：inaccurate, inconsistent, inexact, irregular, mutable, skittish
n. 美好;美人;完美;突出的范例;
💡 bell, beau 美好
"Her beauty appeared ageless."
她的美显得经久不衰。
近义：loveliness, niceness, preciousness, prettiness, pulchritude, sightliness
反义：hideousness, plainness, unsightliness