Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
— William Faulkner  ·  No category

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yourself [jɔr'sɛlf] 词频1
pron. 你自己;（用以加强语气）亲自;你的正常或健康的情况;
💡 your你的+self自己 → 你自己
"De-stress yourself with a relaxing bath."
舒舒服服洗个澡放松一下。
近义：herself, himself, itself, oneself, themselves, thyself
bother ['bɑðɚ] 词频2
vt. 烦扰，打扰;使…不安，使…恼怒;使迷惑;烦恼; vi. 操心;麻烦;烦恼; n. 麻烦，操心;累赘;烦扰，吵闹;讨厌的人;
💡 有花儿(r)是兄弟(brother)没花是 打扰
"Your coming relieved me of the bother of writing a long letter."
你来了,省去我写长信的麻烦了.
近义：incommode, inconvenience, irk, irritate, molest, nag 反义：appetence, appetency, inclination, attractiveness, pleasantness, pleasure
better ['bɛtɚ] 词频1
adj. 较好的;更合适的;能力更强的;好转的; adv. 更好地;更妥;更; v. 胜过;上进; n. 更好者;更有才智者;
"We're hoping for better weather tomorrow."
我们希望明天天气转好。
近义：improve, perfect, upgrade, meliorate, complete, enrich 反义：intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, lousy
contemporaries
n. 同龄, 同辈人（contemporary复数形式）
predecessors
n. 前任( predecessor的复数形式 ); 前辈; （被取代的）原有事物; 前身

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