For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.
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adv. 容易地;很可能;迅速地;频繁地;
💡 easi=easy容易的 + ly ...地 → 容易地；无疑地
"The cream is easily absorbed into the skin."
这种乳霜皮肤易吸收。
近义：just, plainly, readily, simply, effortlessly, leisurely
反义：approximately, insufficiently, narrowly, nearly, barely, roughly
n. 艰难;困苦;艰难情况;造成困苦与苦难的原因;
💡 hard艰难的+ship表情况 →苦难
"Hardship and penury wore him out before his time."
受穷受苦使他未老先衰.
近义：indigence, jam, labour, mess, misfortune, penury
adj. 困难的;难做的;难解的;不易相处的;
💡 dif不+fic做+ult表名词→不好做→困难的
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小说是一种很难掌握的艺术形式。
近义：rough, troublesome, complicated, arduous, intricate, labored
反义：uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, easy, facile
n. 无把握，不确定;不可靠;不确实知道，半信半疑;无把握、不确定的事物;
💡 un不+certain确实的+ty表名词→不确定，靠不住
"a feeling of doubt and uncertainty"
迟疑不定的感受
近义：hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, indecision, indefinition, indetermination
反义：assurance, assuredness, obviousness, palpability, patency, positiveness
adj. 令人满意的;值得拥有的;可取的;性感的;
n. 称心如意的人[东西];
💡 desir=desirede渴望+able能...的→值得要的
"It is desirable that interest rates should be reduced."
利率下调是可取的。
近义：helpful, attractive, plum, profitable, tempting, useful
反义：ineligible, undesired, unqualified, unwanted, disqualified, homely
adj. 繁重的，烦累的，难以承担的;累赘;
💡 burden负担+some....的 →沉重的
"It's really burdensome to have many children."
孩子多了真赘人.
近义：heavy, hellish, insufferable, arduous, laborious, onerous