The height of progress, when people鈥檚 propensity to strive for what is dispensable begins to interfere with what is indispensable, is called luxury.
— Immanuel Kant  ·  No category

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progress ['prɑɡrɛs] 词频1 词根: grad
n. 进步;前进;[生物学]进化;（向更高方向）增长; v. （使）进步，（使）进行;发展;促进; vi. 发展;（向更高方向）增进;
💡 pro向前，在前+gress走→向前走
"She watched the cow's ponderous progress."
她看着牛迟缓地向前走着。
近义：improve, unfold, advance, develop, evolve, gestate 反义：pullback, pullout, recoil, retirement, walkout, withdrawal
people ['pipl] 词频1 词根: 公众
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
propensity [prə'pɛnsəti] 词根: pend
n. 倾向，习性，癖好，偏爱;
💡 pro前+pens称重量+ity名词后缀→重量偏向一边→倾向
"He has a propensity for drinking too much alcohol."
他有酗酒的倾向.
近义：inclination, knack, leaning, liking, penchant, predilection
interfere [,ɪntɚ'fɪr] 词频2 词根: inter
vi. 干预，干涉;调停，排解;妨碍，打扰;
💡 inter在…之间 +fer 带来，拿来+ e→ vi.干涉，干预；妨碍
"Don't interfere in what doesn't concern you."
不要管与自己无关的事。
近义：horn, impinge, arbitrate, intervene, intrude, meddle
luxury ['lʌɡʒəri] 词频2 词根: 光线
n. 奢侈，豪华;奢侈品，美食，美衣;乐趣，享受;不常有的乐趣（或享受、优势）; adj. 奢华的，豪华的;
💡 luxu+ry(表示抽象名词的后缀)→奢侈（品）
"a luxury cruise liner"
豪华邮轮
近义：sumptuosity, sumptuousness, costliness, dressiness 反义：homeliness, ingenuousness, innocence, artlessness, naivete, naivety
indispensable ['ɪndɪ'spɛnsəbl] 词频3 词根: in
adj. 不可缺少的;绝对必要的;责无旁贷的;不可避开的; n. 不可缺少的人或物;
💡 in不+dis非+pens悬挂+able形容词后缀, 可...的 → 必不可少的,必需的
"Cars have become an indispensable part of our lives."
汽车已成了我们生活中必不可少的一部分。
近义：important, inevitable, mandatory, necessary, needful, obliged 反义：needless, pointless, profitless, purposeless, redundant, reiterative

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