This life is short, the vanities of the world are transient, but they alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
📚 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
adj. 短暂的;转瞬即逝的;临时的;
n. 临时旅客;瞬变现象;候鸟;
💡 trans转移+ient形容词后缀，…的→短暂的
"the transient nature of speech"
言语的即逝性
近义：passerby, pedestrian, wayfarer, bystander, impermanent, passing
反义：imperishable, lasting, perdurable, unceasing, unending, endless
adj. 单独的;独一无二的;独自的;
adv. 单独地;独自地;孤独地;只，只有;
💡 al(all)+one→单独的(地)(=quite by oneself)
"She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone."
她一想到独自旅行的情景就害怕。
近义：isolated, lone, remote, secluded, sequestered, solitary
反义：joint
adj. 活着的;活泼的;有生气的;敏感的;
💡 a在…，…的+live活→活的
"We don't know whether he's alive or dead."
我们不知道他是死是活。
近义：live, living, quickened, surviving, animated, passionate
反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 生活，生计;生命，性命;一生，寿命;人生，尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest
反义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
adj. 短的，短暂的;矮的;短缺的;短期的;
adv. 突然;唐突地;简短地;横贯地;
n. 短裤;短路;缺乏;
vt. 故意少给…的零头，骗取;
vi. 短路;
💡 削头”（谐音）削了头人还能不 矮吗？ 网友：双木成林 补充：缩的（谐音），这样就成短的；矮的
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小说是一种很难掌握的艺术形式。
近义：abridgment, abbreviation, little, minute, small, squat
反义：lengthened, lengthy, imprudent, intrepid, manful, mettlesome
n. 世界;地球;领域;尘世;
💡 一句（l）话（word）讲出 世界的本质
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe