You conquer every hardness with your eyes, as you do likewise every light; so if it can happen that one can die of joy, now would be the time.
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vt. 征服;攻克;打败(敌人);克服;
vi. 得胜,胜利;
💡 con全部+quer寻求,询问→全部寻求到→征服
"How can I conquer my disinclination to meet people?"
我怎样才能克服不愿与人交往 呢 ?
近义:master, overbear, overcome, overpower, pip, subdue
反义:indurate, inure, steel, temper, harden
adv. 同样地;也,而且;
💡 like相像+wise方向,状态 →同样地
"He voted for the change and he expected his colleagues to do likewise ."
他投票赞成变革并期望他的同事投同样的票。
近义:idem, item, similarly, too, ditto, alike
反义:opposedly, variously, contrarily
vi. 发生;碰巧;出现;偶然遇到;
💡 hap(luck)+pen(动词后缀)→发生;偶然发生;碰巧
"It's frightening to think it could happen again."
想到此事可能再次发生就使人不寒而栗。
近义:arise, issue, occur, pass, supervene, transpire
n. 光;发光体;电灯;点火器;
adj. 轻的;明亮的;浅色的;少量的;
v. 点燃;照亮;用光指引;
adv. 轻地,轻装地;
💡 房间光线(light)明暗度正好(right)
"The office was light and airy."
办公室又明亮又通风。
近义:illuminate, illumine, lighten, brighten, ignite, incandescence
反义:quench, douse, extinguish, murk, murkiness, obscurity
n. 时间;时刻;时代;次;
vt. 为…安排时间;测定…的时间;调准(机械的)速度;拨准(钟、表)的快慢;
vi. 合拍;和谐;打拍子;
adj. 定时的;定期的;[美国英语]分期(付款)的;
int. [体育]时间到,(一场或一局等的)比赛时限,暂停;
"I can only carry two at a time."
我一次只能带两个。
近义:clock, lifetime, period, season, chapter, aeon
n. 坚硬;<物>硬性;困难;冷酷;
"Even the years of military training had not muscled him into hardness."
甚至几年的军事操练也未曾使他增强体质.
近义:rigidity, solidness, toughness, woodenness, rigidness, steeliness
反义:indulgence, kindness, leniency, lenity, looseness, malleability