Work is the law of life, and to reject it as boredom is to submit to it as torment.
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vt. 拒绝;抛弃，扔掉;排斥;吐出或呕吐;
n. 被拒绝或被抛弃的人或事物;
💡 re回+ject投掷，扔→扔回来→拒绝，驳回
"Choose the good apples and reject the bad ones."
把好的苹果挑出来,把坏的剔出去.
近义：junk, negate, rebuff, refuse, remonstrate, renounce
反义：approbate, ok, okay, pass, sanction, confirm
vi. 顺从，服从;甘受，忍受;
vt. 使服从，使顺从;提交，呈送;[法]主张，建议;
💡 sub下面+mit送，放出→送下去→屈服
"The students must submit themselves to the disciplines at school."
学生在学校必须遵守纪律.
近义：overbear, overpower, subdue, subject, subjugate, tyrannize
反义：loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate
n. 折磨，痛苦;痛苦的根源;刑罚;
vt.& vi. 使折磨，使痛苦;使烦乱;纠缠;
💡 tors-, tort 拉丁 tortus=twisted, 表示扭曲,弯曲
"the cries of a man in torment"
一个备受折磨的人的喊叫声
近义：macerate, martyr, mortify, pain, pillory, plague
反义：appease, liven, assure, mollify, pacify, balm
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. 生活，生计;生命，性命;一生，寿命;人生，尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
n. 讨厌，令人讨厌的事物;无聊，无趣;厌倦;
"I started to eat too much out of sheer boredom."
由于实在闲极无聊，我开始无节制地大吃起来。
近义：monotony, tediousness, tedium, weariness, yawn, ennui
反义：hobby, attractions, pastime, avocation, play, playtime