To have had fame, even very minor fame, and to have lost it, got older and maybe put on a little weight is a kind of living death.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
n. 名声;名望;传闻;传说;
vt. 使闻名;使出名;使有名望;<古>盛传;
💡 fa, fabl, fam, fan =speak,表示”说”#词根助记：名声是靠口口相传的
"the Country Music Hall of Fame"
乡村音乐名人堂
近义：name, notoriety, popularity, prestige, remarkableness, renown
反义：belittling, discredit, disrepute
adj. 较小的，少数的，小…;未成年的;[乐]小调的，小音阶的;（两同姓男孩中）年幼的;
n. 未成年人;副修科目;小公司;[逻辑学]小前提;
vi. [主美国英语]副修，选修，兼修;
💡 min小+or 表物→ 较小的；较少的
"You will experience some minor discomfort during the treatment."
治疗中你会稍感不适。
近义：hobbledehoy, teen, teenager, youngster, youth, boy
反义：senior, oldster, greybeard, ancient, grownup, higher
n. 重量，体重;重担，重任;重要;[统]权，加重值，权重;
vt. 加重于，使变重;使负重，使负担或压迫;[统]使加权，附加加重值于;
💡 weigh(重)+t(表示抽象名词的后缀)→重量；重要
"The roof collapsed under the weight of snow."
房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
近义：oppress, overburden, overwhelm, persecute, burden, cumber
反义：unburden, unload, dump
adj. 活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活，生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 死亡;（某种）死法，死亡方式;病危;死神;
💡 dead(死)+th(表示抽象名词的后缀)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁决
近义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
反义：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
adj. 失去的;迷路的;不知所措的;
v. 遗失，失去（ lose的过去式和过去分词）;（使）失去（所需要的东西，尤指钱）;（因事故、年老、死亡等）损失;浪费;
"I lost my balance and fell backwards."
我没有站稳，仰面摔倒。
近义：mislaid, misplaced, missing, stray, wayward, adrift
反义：discovered, safe