Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
— Joseph Addison  ·  Laughter

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distinguished [dis'tiŋɡwiʃt] 词频3 词根: sting
adj. 卓越的;著名的;受人尊敬的;显得重要的; v. 辨别，区别( distinguish的过去式和过去分词);突出;区别(distinguish的过去式);
💡 distinguish区别+ed表形容词→与众不同→著名的
"a distinguished career in medicine"
在医学领域的辉煌生涯
近义：illustrious, appointed, leading, marked, meritorious, outstanding 反义：idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
faculty ['fæklti] 词频2 词根: fac
n. 能力，才能;全体教职员;<英>（大学的）专科，系;特权，特许;
💡 facul做 + ty表名词→ 会做东西 → 能力
"So far as I know, she has a faculty of housekeeping."
就我所知, 她很善于理家.
近义：aptitude, aptness, arbitration, jurisdiction, mastery, auctoritas 反义：impotence, inability, incapability, incompetence, incompetency, invalidity
laughter ['læftɚ] 词频2
n. 笑，笑声;〈古〉好笑的事;〈美俚〉力量悬殊得可笑的体育比赛;大笑;
"a bark of laughter"
一声大笑
近义：heehaw, laugh, laughing, mirth, tehee
creatures
n. 生物, 动物( creature的复数形式 ); 人

📜 Joseph Addison 的更多名言

"An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person."
"Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another."
"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."
"The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures."
"Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life."
"How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue! Who would not be that youth? What pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country!"
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🏷 更多「Laughter」名言

"You cannot be mad at somebody who makes you laugh - it's as simple as that."
— Jay Leno
"If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane."
— Jimmy Buffett
"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."
— e e cummings
"The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it."
— Bill Nye
"He who laughs, lasts!"
— Mary Pettibone Poole
"Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on."
— Bob Newhart
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