The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.
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n. 秘密，机密;秘诀;奥秘;
adj. 秘密的，机密的;神秘的;隐秘的;
💡 se分开，离开，区别开+cret区别→分开来放→秘密
"the all-powerful secret police"
权力无限的秘密警察
近义：arcanum, mystery, puzzle, puzzler, reservation, reserve
反义：indiscreetness, tactlessness, bluntness, crudeness
vt. 感激;欣赏;领会;鉴别;
vi. （使）增值，涨价;
💡 ap一再+preci价值+ate动词后缀→一再给价→欣赏
"You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation."
看翻译作品不能真正欣赏到外国文学原著的美妙之处。
近义：prize, treasure, value, admire, esteem, relish
反义：loathe, scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate
n. 愉快;娱乐;令人高兴的事;
vt. 使高兴;使满意;
vi. 觉得高兴，享受;寻欢作乐;
💡 pleas=please令人高兴的+ure名词后缀，表行为、状态 →愉快
"His grandchildren afforded him his greatest pleasure in his old age."
他的孙子和孙女们在晚年的时候给了他最大的欢乐.
近义：please, delectate, delight, enchant, gladden, joy
反义：indifference, irritant, nonchalance, nuisance, tiff, unpleasantness
adv. 很;非常;极;非常糟糕地;
💡 terr =frighten恐，怕 + ibly...地 → 非常；可怕地；极度地
"The house was terribly small and cramped, but the agent described it as a bijou residence."
房子十分狭小拥挤，但经纪人却把它说成是小巧别致的住宅。
近义：horrendously, horribly, horridly, horrifically, horrifyingly, awfully
n. 生活，生计;生命，性命;一生，寿命;人生，尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
📜 Oscar Wilde 的更多名言
"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between."