Beauty is not only a terrible thing, it is also a mysterious thing. There God and the Devil strive for mastery, and the battleground is the heart of men.
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n. 美好;美人;完美;突出的范例;
💡 bell, beau 美好
"Her beauty appeared ageless."
她的美显得经久不衰。
近义：loveliness, niceness, preciousness, prettiness, pulchritude, sightliness
反义：hideousness, plainness, unsightliness
adj. 可怕的;危害极大的;<非正>很糟的;劣质的;
adv. 口〉非常，很，极;
n. 可怕的人;
💡 terr怕+ible...的 → 可怕的
"to make a terrible blunder"
犯大错
近义：heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific
反义：innocuous, offenceless, safe, unoffending, benign, harmless
adj. 神秘的，诡秘的;难以理解的，不可思议的;魔;玄妙;
💡 myster神秘 + ious ...的 → a.神秘的；难以理解的
"The president's room conveyed a delicate aroma of the mysterious East."
总统的房间洋溢着神秘的东方风味.
近义：hidden, inexplicable, inscrutable, arcane, latent, occult
反义：apparent, irrefutable, manifest, noted, noteworthy, notorious
n. 魔鬼;家伙;淘气鬼;冒失鬼;
vt. 虐待，折磨;（用扯碎机）扯碎;（替作家，律师等）做助手;抹辣味料烤制或煎煮;
💡 diabolo-, diabol- 表示”魔鬼”
"He's a crafty old devil."
他是个奸诈狡猾的家伙。
近义：daemon, daimon, demon, deuce, fiend
反义：archangel, seraph, cherub
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
vi. 努力奋斗，力求;斗争，力争;
💡 s(是)+tri(try试)+ve(我):我是在不断地试- 努力 网友：yqy 补充：竞争（strife）引发努力（strive）;thrive－strive：
""Strive" means to work hard!"
意思是努力工作学习。
近义：hurry, labor, overwork, strain, struggle, toil