Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 幸福;高兴;恰当;合适;
💡 happi=happy快乐+ness表名词→ 幸福,快乐
"I wish you the life of happiness and prosperity."
我祝你生活幸福、万事如意.
近义：joy, pleasure, bliss, blithe, eudaemonia, eudaimonia
反义：misery, misfortune, sadness, wretchedness, infelicity, discontent
n. 蝴蝶;蝶泳;轻浮的人;游手好闲的人;
v. 切开摊平;
💡 苍蝇（fly)染上黄油(butter)变成 蝴蝶
"She's like a butterfly. She flits in and out of people's lives."
她像一只蝴蝶，每天在人前人后飞来飞去。
近义：miss, babe, skirt, canary, coed, cupcake
prep. 超过;越过;那一边;在…较远的一边;
adv. 在远处;在更远处;
n. 远处;
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那条路经过村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近义：farther, further, off, out, outside, past
vt. 抓住;了解;急忙抓住;急切（或贪婪）地抓住;
n. 控制;控制力;能力所及;
vi. 攫取（常与 at 连用）;急于接受;急切地寻求（常与 for 连用）;
💡 狗拉屎”(谐音)怕 抓住 网友：tom Qin Xiao 补充：因为grasp（抓住）一根grass（小草），才没掉下山崖。 抓住草(gras) 皮(p). 网
"The bag was wrenched from her grasp."
那只包从她紧握的手里被夺了出来。
近义：hold, apprehend, arrest, nab, seize, snatch
反义：unhand
adv. （坐、倒、躺）下;向下;（表示范围或顺序的限度）下至;
prep. （从高处）向下;（表示位置）在…的下方;（表示方向）沿着…向下;（表示时间）自…以来;
adj. 向下的;沮丧的;计算机或计算机系统停机;（以…）落后于对手的;
n. （鸟的）绒羽;绒毛;软毛;汗毛;
vt. 放下;（尤指大口或快速地）喝下;使摔倒;击落（敌机等）;
vi. [常用于祈使句中]下去;下来;卧倒;下降;
💡 音“铛”，铛的一声向下 落
"Calm down! Don't get so agitated."
冷静下来！别那么激动。
近义：lint, fluff, fuzz, ingurgitate, quaff, swallow
反义：above, overhead, upstairs, upward, upwards, aloft
adv. 平静地;静止地;轻声地;在暗中;
"She was still quietly simmering from her row with Nathan."
在和内森争吵之后她心里还窝着火.
近义：noiselessly, silently, softly, soundlessly, stealthily, surreptitiously
反义：loudly, riotously, smash, uproariously, vociferously, obstreperously