In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong.

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afflict [ə'flɪkt] 词频4 词根: flict
vt. 使受痛苦;折磨;使苦恼;
💡 af一再+flict打击→一再打击→折磨
"They may grant you power, honour, and riches but afflict you with servitude, infamy, and poverty."
他们可以给你权力 、 荣誉和财富,但却用奴役 、 耻辱和贫穷来折磨你.
近义:pain, bait, rack, sadden, tantalize, torment 反义:appease, liven, assure, mollify, pacify, balm
comfortable ['kʌmftəbl] 词频1 词根: com
adj. 舒适的;安逸的,处于轻松的;充裕的;
💡 com共同+fort强大,力量+able能...的 → 愉快舒适的
"We stayed at Tom's place. It isn't exactly Buck House, but it's comfortable enough."
我们待在汤姆那里。那并不是巴克宫,但足够舒适了。
近义:inviting, snug, cosey, cozie, comfy, cosy 反义:inconvenient, awkward, uneasy, unemployed, comfortless, constrained
especially [ɪ'spɛʃəli] 词频1
adv. 尤其地;主要地,格外地;显著地;异常地;
💡 e使+special特别的+ly...地→特别,格外
"Paddles are used especially to propel canoes and kayaks."
短桨特别用于划独木舟和小艇.
近义:namely, particularly, peculiarly, privately, singularly, specifically
life [laɪf] 词频1
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
comfort ['kʌmfət] 词频1 词根: 力量
n. 安慰;舒适;使人舒服的事物;给予援助或安慰的人或事; vt. 安慰,使舒适;使(痛苦等)缓和;
💡 fort(=forc表力) force 力 一起(com)用力(fort)使舒适 安慰 向外(e)用力(fort)叫 努力(effort) 使(en)有力(fo
"A small drop in the inflation rate was cold comfort for the millions without a job."
对数百万失业者来说,通货膨胀率的微降是不起作用的安慰。
近义:appease, liven, assure, mollify, pacify, balm 反义:prostrate, undeceive, abate, chill, disenthrall, damp
comfortably [['kʌmfətəbli]] 词频3
adv. 安乐地, 舒服地, 宽裕地
近义:leisurely, snugly, accommodatingly, comfily, commodiously, snug

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