When the least they could do to you was everything, then the most they could do to you suddenly held no terror.
— Terry Pratchett  ·  No category

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suddenly ['sʌdənli] 词频1
adv. 意外地，忽然地;奄;勃;霍然;
💡 sudden突然的 + ly ...地 → adv.突然地
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他发觉自己醒了过来，而且高度警觉。
近义：impromptu, inadvertently, abruptly, offhand, overnight, sharply 反义：progressively, slowly, sparingly, stingily, inchmeal, consecutively
terror ['tɛrɚ] 词频2 词根: terr
n. 恐怖;恐怖的缘由;恐怖行为;令人讨厌的人;
💡 terr害怕 + or 表名词 → 恐怖，惊骇
"a child cringing in terror"
吓得直退缩的小孩
近义：horripilation, horror, panic, pavor, dread, fear 反义：heart, intrepidity, manhood, manliness, mettle, nerve
least [list] 词频1
adj. 最小的;最少的（ little的最高级）;最不重要的，地位最低的; adv. 最少，最小; n. 最小;最少量;
"We need at least 24 hours' notice of cancellation."
如欲取消，请至少提前24小时告知。
近义：lowest, lowliest, measly, merest, minimal, minimum 反义：maximal, meridian, top, upmost, uppermost, greatest
held [[held]] 词频1
hold的过去式和过去分词

📜 Terry Pratchett 的更多名言

"Revolutions always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions."
"Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more."
"It could not be happening because this sort of thing did not happen. Any contradictory evidence could be safely ignored."
"This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic."
"If you put butter and salt on it, it tastes like salty butter."
"Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions."
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🏷 更多「No category」名言

"Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it."
— Unknown
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— Ambrose Bierce
"War is like love; it always finds a way."
— Bertolt Brecht
"Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do."
— Jean-Paul Sartre
"There is no good arguing with the inevitible. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat."
— James Russell Lowell
"I don't do this for my health, you understand. I do it for the pain. I *LOVE* the pain!"
— Unknown
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