Prefer loss to the wealth of dishonest gain; the former vexes you for a time; the latter will bring you lasting remorse.
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vt. 更喜欢;提升，提拔;给予（债权人）优先权;提出（控告）;
vi. 更喜欢，宁愿;
💡 pre预先+fer带来，拿来→预先带好→更喜欢
"The play is okay, but I still prefer the book."
戏还可以, 可我仍愿读原著.
近义：select, choose
反义：loathe, scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate
adj. 以前的，从前的;在前的;前任的;
n. 模型，样板;构成者，创造者;起形成作用的人;[无线]线圈架;
💡 form=fore先前 + er表人\/物→前者
"A couple of them are former bosses."
有几位是以前的上司或老板。
近义：onetime, back, preceding, previous, prior, old
反义：hindmost, last, latest, rearmost, utmost, aftermost
n. 懊悔;悔恨;自责;同情;
💡 re回，反+mors咬+e→反过来咬自己→悔恨
"I felt guilty and full of remorse."
我感到内疚，并且非常懊悔。
近义：lament, regret, repent, rue, pang, penitence
反义：apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, imperturbability, indifference, indolence
n. 损失，减少;丢失，遗失;损耗，亏损;失败;
"He suffered from headaches and loss of appetite ."
他患有头痛和食欲不振。
近义：waste, dilapidation, hurt, impairment, injury, nuisance
反义：headway, improvement, interest, lucre, attainment, odds
n. 财产，财富;富豪（阶级）;丰富，大量;繁荣;
💡 we(我们)+a(人)+alt(种子，秃木和树)- 财富 财富无(w)健康(health)重要
"the unfair distribution of wealth"
财富分配不公
近义：riches, richness, treasure, fortune, opulence, abundance
反义：impecuniosity, indigence, marginality, meanness, misery, pauperism
adj. 不诚实的，不老实的;不正直的;狡猾的，阴险的;不可靠的;
"dishonest appropriation of property"
以欺骗的手法侵吞财产
近义：liar, lying, mendacious, backdoor, sham, shifty
反义：honorable, honourable, irreproachable, just, principled, pure