Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.
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n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
vt.& vi. 用钱，花钱;
vt. 花费;消耗;花（时间）;度过;
n. （为某目的或某段时间内的）花销，花费，开销;
💡 s(dis-=apart)+pend(hang)→花费；耗用
"My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends."
我的几个孩子在电话上和朋友聊天一聊就是几个小时。
近义：outlay, consume, deplete, disburse, dissipate, drain
反义：husband, keep, maintain, conserve
adj. 全部的;整个的;全体的;囫囵;
💡 en进+tire紧→全部靠紧，挤进去→不遗留在外→完整的
"Throughout the entire altercation, not one sensible word was uttered."
争了半天, 没有一句话是切合实际的.
近义：integral, livelong, total, unabridged, uncut, undivided
n. 一生，寿命;有生之年;存在期，有效期;
na. 终生;终身保障;[核]寿命;
💡 life生命+time时间→ n.一生，终身
"His diary was not published during his lifetime."
他的日记在他生前未曾发表过。
近义：time, age, epoch, era, generation, lifelong
n. 差别，差异;[数]差数，差额;意见分歧;特色;
vt. 辨别，区分;
💡 dif分开，否定，不+fer带来+ence名词后缀→带来不同→不同之处
"The new regulations will not make an appreciable difference to most people."
新的规定对大多数人将无大影响。
近义：inequality, odds, unlikeness, variant, version, inhomogeneity
反义：kindred, kinship, likeness, look, matching, parallel
n. 问题;疑难问题;习题;引起麻烦的人;
adj. 成问题的;难处理的;关于社会问题的;
💡 problem- 【希腊传入拉丁】字面上表”向前抛的东西”也表问题
"His mind reached after an understanding of the problem."
他开动脑筋,想弄懂这个问题.
近义：headache, hitch, imbroglio, jam, knot, matter
反义：repair, reparation, workaround, remedy, refitting, overhauling