The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition. It distracts you from what's truly important.
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n. 高处，高地，高度，海拔，（枪炮的）仰角，射角;升级，上进，向上;高尚;[建]正视图，立视图;
💡 e出+lev提高,举起,变轻+ation名词后缀 → 提升，提高，高度
"his elevation to the presidency"
他提升到校长的职位
近义：promontory, agger, height, rise, altitude, lifting
反义：hollow, polje, scoop, sink, basin, dip
n. 物质，材料;实质，内容;[神]灵;（织品的）质地;
💡 sub下面+st站立+ance表名词→站在下面的东西→物质；本质
"to be arrested for possession of a controlled substance"
因藏有毒品而被捕
近义：matter, materiality, tangibility, corporeality, inwardness, quiddity
n. 名人，知名人士;名流;名声;名誉;
💡 celebr荣誉+ity表名词 → 名人
"Does he find his new celebrity intruding on his private life?"
他是否感觉到他最近的成名侵扰了他的私生活？
近义：star, idol, superstar, heavy, hero, hotshot
n. 学期;条款;术语;期限;
vt. 把…称为;把…叫做;
💡 term(boundary)→期限；期间；学期；术语；措辞；交谊
"the expiry of a fixed-term contract"
定期合同的满期
近义：call, designate, word, wording, definition, diction
n. 完成，达到;成就，成绩;
💡 achieve 达成+ ment表示行为、行为的过程或结果 → n.成绩,成就；实现,完成,达到
"the greatest scientific achievement of the decade"
这十年最伟大的科学成就
近义：hit, arrival, attainment, performance, prodigy, prowess
反义：infelicity, irregularity, lapse, miss, overthrow, shortcoming
n. 贫穷;缺乏，不足;贫瘠，不毛;低劣;
💡 poor(贫穷的)+ty(表示抽象名词的后缀)→贫穷；缺乏
"He envisaged an old age of loneliness and poverty."
他面对着一个孤独而贫困的晚年.
近义：impecuniosity, indigence, marginality, meanness, misery, pauperism
反义：plenty, wealth, wealthiness, opulency, affluence