To what purpose should I trouble myself in searching out the secrets of the stars, having death or slavery continually before my eyes?
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
n. 意志;目的;作用;（进行中的）行动;
vt. 有意;打算;企图（做）;决意（做）;
💡 pur始终+pose放→始终放的东西→目的，意图
"We spoke to little purpose — his mind was clearly made up already."
我们说的话几乎不起作用,他显然已下定决心了.
近义：intend, consider, appoint, ascribe, denote, designate
n. 麻烦;烦恼;故障;动乱;
vi. 费心;烦恼;
vt. 麻烦;使烦恼;折磨;
💡 turb = stir”表示”搅动”
"We had a lot of trouble levering the roots out."
我们在撬树根时遇到了很多麻烦.
近义：inconvenience, irk, irritate, molest, nag, offend
n. 死亡;（某种）死法，死亡方式;病危;死神;
💡 dead(死)+th(表示抽象名词的后缀)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁决
近义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
反义：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
n. 奴隶身份;奴隶制度;苦役，奴隶般的劳动;奴役，束缚，屈从，耽迷（酒色等）;
💡 slav=slave奴隶+ery表行为，身份 →奴隶身份
"the abolition of slavery"
奴隶制的废除
近义：peonage, thraldom, thrall, thralldom, vassalage, bondage
反义：independence, liberty, autocracy, autonomy, emancipation
pron. 我自己，亲自;
"I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity."
我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。
近义：me, i
searching
['sə:tʃiŋ]
adj. 搜索的;彻底的;锐利的;
n. 搜寻，搜索，检查;
v. 找寻( search的现在分词 );搜查;探查;[医学]（用仪器）探测（外伤）;
"He combed through the files searching for evidence of fraud."
他详查档案,寻找欺诈行为的证据.
近义：hunt, inquiry, pursuit, query, quest, research
📜 Unknown 的更多名言
"When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself."