Being an actor is easy, just picture someone in a room and you outside waiting for your cue to go in. Elliot Gould's been trying that for forty years.
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n. 演员（尤指男演员）;行动者;参与者;
💡 act行动，表演+or名词后缀，表示人 →行动者，男演员
"amusing anecdotes about his brief career as an actor"
关于他短暂演员生涯的趣闻逸事
近义：histrion, interpreter, artiste, performer, playactor, player
n. 照片，画像;图画，图片;影片;情景;
vt. 构想，想象;描绘，画;描述;
💡 pict描画+ure名词后缀 → 图画，照片
"The picture hung aslant."
照片挂歪了。
近义：illustrate, imagine, portray, represent, sketch, visualise
pron. 某人，有人;
n. 某个人;
💡 some某些+one一个 → 某人
"Someone must have blabbed to the police."
一定有人向警方告密了。
近义：anybody, anyone, one, somebody
adv. 在外面;向外面;在户外;露天;
n. 外面;（弯曲路面或轨道的）外道;（靠近路中央的）外侧;（建筑物等的）周围;
adj. 外部的;集团外的;（选择余地、可能性等）非常小;可能性最大的;
prep. （表示位置）在[向]…的外面;（表示范围）超出…的范围;（表示排斥）除了（某人）;
💡 out外，出+side旁边→在外边
"eager crowds outside the stadium"
体育场外急不可耐的观众
近义：exterior, outdoor, outer, outlying, outward, superficial
反义：interior, indoor, inland, inner, inside, internal
adj. 令人难于忍受的;难堪的;令人厌烦的;
v. 试图( try的现在分词);试验，尝试;审讯;
💡 try(考验)+ing(形容词后缀)→难堪的；使人痛苦的
"an ageing pop star trying to stage a comeback"
试图重返歌坛的已经上了年纪的流行音乐歌星
近义：arduous, irksome, labored, laborious, nagging, nervy
adj. 容易的;舒适的;宽裕的;从容的;
adv. 容易地;不费力地;悠闲地;缓慢地;
vi. 停止划桨（常用作命令）;
vt. 向（水手或划手）发出停划命令;
"It is axiomatic that life is not always easy."
生活并不总是一帆风顺，这是明摆着的事实。
近义：simple, uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, facile
反义：arduous, intricate, labored, laborious, onerous, painful