People often write me and ask how I keep my wood floors so clean when I live with a child and a dog, and my answer is that I use a technique called Suffering From a Mental Illness.
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n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 技巧;技能;技术;技艺;
💡 tech =skill,ability,表示”技术,能力”
"The artist was revolutionary in both subject matter and technique."
这位画家在内容和手法两方面都有重大创新。
近义：approach, manner, mastery, means, method, methodology
n. 受苦，遭难;苦楚，苦难;令人痛苦的事;
v. 受苦(suffer的现在分词);蒙受;
adj. 受苦的;患病的;
💡 suf在下面+fer带+ ing表名词 →suffer带到下面去受苦+ing表名词\r\n → 受难
"He was suffering from chronic bronchitis."
他患有慢性支气管炎。
近义：heartache, heartbreak, misery, oppression, oppressiveness, pain
反义：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
n. 疾病;某种具体疾病;不健康;
💡 ill有病的+ ness 表名词，“性质，状态，”通常加在形容词后面 → n.病，疾病
"The illness damaged his Action Man image."
这场病损害了他那爱打拼的形象。
近义：ill, infirmity, malady, pang, sickness, aching
反义：healthiness, liveness, salubrity, salutariness, sanitation, sparkle
adj. 内心的，精神的，思想的，心理的;智慧的，智[脑]力的;〈口〉精神病的，意志薄弱的，愚笨的;
n. 精神病患者;
💡 ment思考，神智+al表形容词 → 智力的；精神的
"Mental and physical deterioration both occur naturally with age."
随着年龄的增长,心智和体力自然衰退.
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes