Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.
📚 名句词汇解析
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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
adj. 残酷的，残忍的;使人痛苦的，让人受难的;无情的，严酷的;
💡 可辱尔（谐音）： 残酷到可以污辱你
"A mother who is cruel to her child is unnatural."
母亲对孩子残忍是不近人情的.
近义：heartless, inclement, inexorable, inflexible, inhuman, inhumane
反义：merciful, pietistic, prayerful, religious, saintly, theological
n. 痛苦;刻苦;令人厌烦的人[事物];身体某部分的疼痛[不适];
vt.& vi. （使）疼痛，（使）痛苦，伤害;
vt. 使…痛苦;使…烦恼;
vi. 感到疼痛;引起疼痛;
💡 我怕(pa)里面(in)会 痛苦 我(i)像热锅(pan)上的蚂蚁很 痛苦 拍(pai)脑(n)壳很 痛
"The pain was almost more than he could bear."
这种痛苦几乎使他无法忍受。
近义：hurt, ache, burn, sadden, torment, trouble
反义：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness