Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.
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n. 坚固;坚实;坚定;坚决;
💡 firm 坚定 + ness 表名词→ 坚定, 稳固
"He was a man of intelligence and of firmness of will."
他是个聪明而又意志坚定的人.
近义：severity, stability, stableness, solidity, stiffness, aplomb
反义：hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, irresolution, mutability, unsteadiness
n. 意志;目的;作用;（进行中的）行动;
vt. 有意;打算;企图（做）;决意（做）;
💡 pur始终+pose放→始终放的东西→目的，意图
"We spoke to little purpose — his mind was clearly made up already."
我们说的话几乎不起作用,他显然已下定决心了.
近义：intend, consider, appoint, ascribe, denote, designate
adj. 必要的;强制的;必然的;不可避免的;
n. 必需品;
💡 necess必要 + ary 表示有...性质的， → a.必要的；必然的
"Vitamin D is necessary to aid the absorption of calcium from food."
从食物中吸取钙需靠维生素D的帮助。
近义：indispensable, inevitable, mandatory, needful, obligatory, obliged
反义：needless, pointless, profitless, purposeless, redundant, reiterative
n. 成功，成就;好成绩，好结果;成功的人（或物）;
💡 suc在…下面+cess行走→在后面跟着前人走→成功；胜利
"He had finally achieved success."
他终于获得了成功。
近义：hit, arrival, triumph, trump, victory, win
反义：infelicity, irregularity, lapse, miss, overthrow, shortcoming
n. 天才;天赋;天才人物;（特别的）才能;
💡 geni出生，产生+us用→生出[就有]→天才
"the genius of Shakespeare"
莎士比亚的天才
近义：sage, savant, intellect, intelligence, invention, knack
反义：idiocy, imbecility, inanity, asininity, ludicrousness, nonsense
n. 性格;特点;字母;角色;
vt. 刻，印;使具有特征;
💡 性格 品质佳的人坐着椅子(char-chair)也能做(act)两(er)天的事
"Her involvement in the fraud has left a serious blot on her character."
她卷入了这次欺诈案，在她的品格上留下了一个很大的污点。
近义：makeup, mettle, nature, personality, selfhood, spirit
反义：timidity, timidness