Everything I do has a purpose, all of God's beings have a purpose. Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
📚 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. 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
n. 幸福;高兴;恰当;合适;
💡 happi=happy快乐+ness表名词→ 幸福,快乐
"I wish you the life of happiness and prosperity."
我祝你生活幸福、万事如意.
近义：joy, pleasure, bliss, blithe, eudaemonia, eudaimonia
反义：misery, misfortune, sadness, wretchedness, infelicity, discontent
n. 重要性;重要地位，显著;骄傲，自大;
💡 im进+port拿，运+ance名词后缀→带有意义的状态→重要性
"an awareness of the importance of eating a healthy diet"
认识到健康饮食的重要性
近义：influence, ascendancy, predominance, prevalence, prominence, pull
反义：nonissue, pinhead, smallness, trifle, insignificancy
adj. 后面的，其次的;下列的;顺风的;
n. 崇拜者，拥护者;下列，如下;跟随;随球;
prep. 随后，在…以后;
v. 跟随，接着(follow的现在分词);
💡 follow 跟随 + ing 表示行为、状态、情况及其他 → a.接着的；下列的
"We had sighted the vessel and were following it."
我们已看到那船并在跟随着它.
近义：after, procession, retinue, accompaniment, train, committee
反义：introductory, onetime, back, precedent, preceding, prevenient
v. 知道;了解;认识;确信;
n. 知情;
💡 知道know的人爱说自己不no知道
"Do you know your ABC?"
你认识所有的字母吗？
近义：learn, understand, get, cognize, comprehend, meet