Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
adv. 大概;或许;很可能;备不住;
💡 probab=probable可能的+ly表副词 →可能性
"Most of the story about his private life was probably apocryphal."
有关他私生活的事可能大部分都是虚构的.
近义：likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly
反义：assuredly, absolutely, positively, quite, surely, thoroughly
vt. 吸引住;聘用;与…交战;
vi. 与…建立密切关系;衔接;从事;紧密结合;
💡 en做+gage=pledge承诺 →做出承诺 → 订婚
"Can you engage that all his statements are trustworthy?"
你能担保他的话都可靠 吗 ?
近义：hire, occupy, recruit, retain, contract, employ
反义：sack, terminate, boot, discharge, cashier, cease
n. 思考;想法，思想;意见;见解;
adj. 有思想的;有理性的;
v. “think”的现在分词;
"She's thinking about a career in banking."
她正在考虑从事银行业。
近义：approach, judgement, judgment, notion, opinion, sentiment
vt.& vi. 使工作;使运作;操作;使产生效果;
n. 工作，操作;著作;工厂;行为，事业;
vt. 使工作;操作;经营;使缓慢前进;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近义：labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反义：idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam
n. 理由;原因;理性;理智;
vt.& vi. 推理，思考;争辩;辩论;向…解释;
💡 再（re）生一个（a）儿子(son)， 理由是第一个儿子夭折了
"The reason for the flood was that heavy rain."
水灾是那场大雨造成的.
近义：ratiocinate, think, conclude, deduce, deduct, motivation
反义：idiocy, applesauce, imbecility, inaccuracy, inanity, mistake