I was always taught to respect my elders and I've now reached the age when I don't have anybody to respect.
— George Burns  ·  Age

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respect [rɪ'spɛkt] 词频1 词根: spec
vt. 尊重;尊敬;关心;遵守; n. 尊重，恭敬;敬意;某方面;
💡 re再+spect看→再看一眼→尊敬
"Respect for life is a cardinal principle of English law."
尊重生命是英国法律最重要的原则。
近义：honor, honour, obey, observe, prize, regard 反义：outrage, smirch, besmirch, deride, disgrace, dishonor
anybody ['ɛnɪbɑdi] 词频1
pron. 任何人，无论谁;随便哪一个人; n. <口语>重要的人，有声名的人;平常人;
💡 any任何+body身体→任何人
"Is there anybody who can help me?"
有人能帮我吗？
近义：any, anyone, one, somebody, someone, whoever
taught [tɔ:t] 词频1
v. 教( teach的过去式和过去分词 );教书;训练;教育;
"Her grandfather taught her to conjure."
她的祖父教她变魔术。
elders
n. （某些基督教会中的）长老( elder的复数形式 ); 长辈; 比我年长的人; 接骨木
近义：forebears, forefathers, ancestors, antecedents
reached
v. 到达( reach的过去式和过去分词 ); 联络; 伸出手臂, 延伸

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"Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair."
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🏷 更多「Age」名言

"When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully."
— W. Somerset Maugham
"He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden."
— Plato
"The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy."
— Alfred North Whitehead
"Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after."
— Homer
"I grow more intense as I age."
— Florida Scott-Maxwell
"About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age."
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