To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.
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vt. 完成;达到（目的）;走完（路程、距离等）;使完美;
💡 ac加强 + com 共同 + pli 填满 + sh表动词 →全部填满 → 完成
"He is a man who will spoil rather than accomplish things."
他这个人成事不足,坏事有余.
近义：implement, materialize, obtain, attain, perform, prosecute
反义：miscarry, renege, bungle, default, fizzle, flop
n. 命运;天命，天数;命运的三女神;主宰事物的力量;
💡 des=god神 + tin =hold握，持，守 + y [名词后缀],构成抽象名词 →由神决定→ 命运;定数,天命
"The night, the world, the wind spin out their destiny."
这个夜晚，这个世界，这风延续着我们的命运。
近义：karma, lot, doom, fate, foredoom
adv. 仅仅，只不过;只是;纯粹;全然;
💡 mere仅仅 + ly...的 → ad.仅仅，只不过
"Do you really want to go or are you merely being amiable?"
你是真的想去呢,还是仅仅为了表示友好?
近义：just, only, purely, simply, solely, but
prep. 反对;对…不利;紧靠;以防;
💡 gain =against (反对)#词根助记：反对
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票赞成，五人反对，两人弃权。
近义：athwart, agin
v. 遮盖;掩蔽;涉及;洒上;
n. 覆盖物;避难所;掩护;封面;
💡 cover→覆盖；遮蔽；占（时间或空间）；掩护；包括
"Senior government figures must have acquiesced in the cover-up."
政府高级官员必然已经默许掩盖真相。
近义：hide, line, roof, seal, veil, blanket
反义：uncap, uncork, uncover, bare, undress, expose
n. 距离，路程;远处;疏远;（时间的）间隔，长久;
vt. 把…远远甩在后面;疏远;与…保持距离;
💡 dist距离 + ance 表名词，状态、情况、性质、行为 → n.距离,间距;远处
"A peal of church bells rang out in the distance."
远处响起了一阵教堂的钟声。
近义：isolation, separation, estrangement, aloofness, distantial, separate
反义：approximate, abut, immediacy, nearness, neighborhood, neighbourhood