Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise is when you have none.
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n. 功用，效用;有用的物体或器械;公用事业公司;公用事业;
adj. 有多种用途的;各种工作都会做的;能在数个位置作替补的;为获得经济价值而饲养;
💡 ut用+ility名词后缀，状态→公用事业；有用
"A fur coat has more utility in winter than in autumn."
毛皮外衣在冬天比在秋天更有用.
近义：helpfulness, profitableness, purposefulness, service, serviceability, serviceableness
反义：incompetence, ineffectiveness, otiosity, pointlessness, unusefulness, fruitlessness
n. 电话;电话机;（电话机的）话筒;受话器;
vt.& vi. 以电话传送（消息），给（某人）打电话;用电话与（某人）交谈;
💡 tele远，传送+phone声音→远方声音传过来 → 电话
"The telephone was out of order, but is functional now."
电话刚才坏了, 但现在可以用了.
近义：phone, call, blower, telephonic
n. 奢侈，豪华;奢侈品，美食，美衣;乐趣，享受;不常有的乐趣（或享受、优势）;
adj. 奢华的，豪华的;
💡 luxu+ry(表示抽象名词的后缀)→奢侈（品）
"a luxury cruise liner"
豪华邮轮
近义：sumptuosity, sumptuousness, costliness, dressiness
反义：homeliness, ingenuousness, innocence, artlessness, naivete, naivety
pron. 没有人，没有一人;没有一个;没有一部分，没有一点;
adv. 根本不;无法，绝不;
💡 n(not)+one→毫无；无人；无物；毫不
"None of the passengers and crew were injured."
没有一个乘客和机组人员受伤。
近义：naught, nobody, nothing, nought, aught, any
opulence
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n. 富裕, 丰富, 大量
近义：plenty, wealth, wealthiness, opulency, affluence
反义：impecuniosity, indigence, marginality, meanness, misery, pauperism
n. 天堂;伊甸园;乐园;极乐;
💡 怕了待死（谐音）：上 天堂 游行(parade)队伍是(is) 天堂
"The ancient Egyptians saw paradise as an idealized version of their own lives."
古埃及人把天堂视为他们现实生活的理想形式。
近义：heaven
反义：inferno, hades