The thing is to become a master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing.
— Henry Miller  ·  No category

📚 名句词汇解析

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acquire [ə'kwaɪr] 词频2 词根: quir
vt. 获得，取得;学到;
💡 ac 加强 + quir 寻求，询问 + e → vt.取得；获得；学到
"To remove any ambiguity we have to acquire more accurate information."
为了消除含糊不清,我们必须取得更加精确的情报.
近义：obtain, procure, purchase, secure, buy, gain 反义：outwear, shed, abandon, chuck, dump, forget
become [bɪ'kʌm] 词频1
vi. 变为，成为;变得;变成; vt. 适合，适宜;相称，相当;变成;发生;
💡 be(upon)+come→变为；成为(=to come upon）
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：turn, wax, get, go, grow, suit 反义：remain, keep, stay, get
thing [θiŋ] 词频1
n. 事件，形势;东西，事物;家伙;事业;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。
近义：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
master ['mæstɚ] 词频1 词根: 大
n. 硕士;主人（尤指男性）;大师;男教师; vt. 精通，熟练;作为主人，做…的主人;征服;使干燥（染过的物品）; adj. 主要的;主人的;精通的，优秀的;原版的;
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小说是一种很难掌握的艺术形式。
近义：tame, teach, train, break, domesticate, domesticize 反义：helper, houseboy, lackey, lacquey, maid, manservant
courage ['kʌridʒ] 词频1 词根: 心脏
n. 勇气;胆量;魄力;肝胆;
💡 靠(c)我们的(our)年龄(age)鼓起 勇气
"courage in the face of adversity"
面对逆境的勇气
近义：heart, intrepidity, manhood, manliness, mettle, nerve 反义：intimidation, poltroonery, recreancy, spinelessness, timidity, unmanliness
knew [[nju:]] 词频1
know的过去式

📜 Henry Miller 的更多名言

"Chaos is the score upon which reality is written."
"It's silly to go on pretending that under the skin we are all brothers. The truth is more likely that under the skin we are all cannibals, assassins, traitors, liars, hypocrites, poltroons."
"When shit becomes valuable, the poor will be born without assholes."
"In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest."
"One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things."
"Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him."
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