If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 真理;真相，事实;忠实，忠诚;现实，现实性;
💡 tru相信，真实+th抽象名词 →事实，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反义：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
n. 绝望;使人绝望的人（或事物）;
vi. 绝望;
💡 de去掉+spair=sper希望 → 绝望
"She uttered a cry of despair."
她发出了绝望的叫声。
近义：despond, hopelessness, desperateness, desperation, despondence, despondency
反义：illusion, aspiration, reliance, trust, trustfulness, fantasy
vt.& vi. 看，瞧;
vi. 注意;面向;寻找;看起来好像;
n. 看;（尤指吸引人的）相貌;眼神;样子;
int. （插话或唤起注意）喂，听我说;
💡 l(棍)+oo(双眼)+k(开):挣开双眼搜索棍- 看
"That uniform makes the guards look absurd."
警卫们穿着那种制服看起来怪模怪样的。
近义：appear, seem, see, appearance, image, area
v. 发现;找到;查明;发觉;
n. 发现物;被发现的人;
💡 翻的(谐音): 找东西是要“翻的
"We searched in all quarters but still couldn't find it."
我们到处寻找,但仍没能找到.
近义：learn, realize, locate, perceive, sense, spot
反义：ignore, neglect, overleap, overlook, overrule, pass
n. 安慰;舒适;使人舒服的事物;给予援助或安慰的人或事;
vt. 安慰，使舒适;使（痛苦等）缓和;
💡 fort(=forc表力) force 力 一起(com)用力(fort)使舒适 安慰 向外(e)用力(fort)叫 努力(effort) 使(en)有力(fo
"A small drop in the inflation rate was cold comfort for the millions without a job."
对数百万失业者来说，通货膨胀率的微降是不起作用的安慰。
近义：appease, liven, assure, mollify, pacify, balm
反义：prostrate, undeceive, abate, chill, disenthrall, damp
adj. 软的，柔软的;温和的，柔和的;不含酒精的;轻松的;
n. 柔软之物，柔软的部分;
adv. 柔和地;温柔地;
💡 索服特（谐音）洗面奶- 柔软的 这种(so)脚(ft)很 软
"She speaks with a soft West Country burr."
她说话带有一种西部地区浓重r音的口音。
近义：malleable, mellow, mild, attenuated, softened, squashy
反义：resistant, resistive, steely, stiff, strong, tough