Between the desire And the spasm Between the potency And the existence Between the essence And the descent Falls the Shadow
— T. S. Eliot  ·  No category

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existence [ɪɡ'zɪstəns] 词频2 词根: sist
n. 存在，实在;生活，生活方式;实体，存在物;
💡 ex出+ist站立+ence名词后缀 →存在，生存
"belief in the existence of a benevolent god"
对于仁慈的神之存在的笃信
近义：presence, life, being 反义：inexistence, absence
essence ['ɛsns] 词频4 词根: ess
n. 本质，实质;精华，精髓;香精;
💡 ess, est, sen 表示”存在”
"We must try to get to the essence of things."
我们必须想法抓住事物的本质.
近义：inwardness, quiddity, substance, gist, extract
descent [dɪ'sɛnt] 词频3 词根: scend
n. 下降;血统;倾斜;
💡 de向下+scent爬，攀 → 下降；下坡
"The plane began its descent to Heathrow."
飞机开始向希思罗机场降落。
近义：inclination, incline, slant, slope, sklent, sclent 反义：ascension, ascent, mounting, scaling, acclivity, escalade
desire [dɪ'zaɪɚ] 词频1 词根: 星辰
vt. 希望;渴望;要求;请求; n. 愿望;欲望;希望;请求; vi. 有希望;期望;愿望;想望;
💡 de(德)+sir(先生)+e(鹅):德国先生 渴望得到鹅 网友：wangqidong 补充：de(得到)sire(阁下)的愿望
"a burning desire to win"
取胜的迫切愿望
近义：wish, intend, like, mean, want, will 反义：quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, waive, abandon
spasm ['spæzəm]
n. 痉挛;抽搐;（能量、行为等的）突发;发作;
"The injection sent his leg into spasm ."
一针打下去，他的腿就痉挛了。
近义：seizure, tremor, contraction, convulsion, cramp, crick
potency ['pəʊtənsi]
n. 效力;潜能;权势;（男人的）性交能力;
"Alcohol increases the drug's potency."
酒精能增加这种毒品的效力.
近义：power, strength 反义：puniness, weakening, weariness, exinanition, debility, destructibility

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"Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things."
"Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them."
"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
"It is impossible to design a system so perfect that no one needs to be good."
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