Imagination was given man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 想像，想像力;空想，妄想;想像出来的事物;
💡 imagin=imagine想象+ation表名词 →想象
"a product of her febrile imagination"
她狂想的产物
近义：imagining, visualization, gumption, creativeness, creativity, daydream
反义：sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
vt. 补偿，赔偿;报酬;抵消;
vi. 补偿，弥补;
💡 com全部+pens花费+ate动词后缀→花费的钱全部[拿回来]→赔偿
"Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one."
失去心爱的人是无法补偿的。
近义：offset, balance, steady, counter, counterbalance, equiponderate
反义：outbalance, unfit, unsettle, bias, misadjust, upset
n. 感觉，官能;意识，观念;理性;识别力;
vt. 感到;理解，领会;检测出;
💡 sens(feel)+e(名词后缀)→感官；知觉；意义；判断力；感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
vt. 安慰，慰问;
n. 控制台，操纵台;演奏台;悬臂;肘托;
💡 con共同+sole安慰→一起安慰→安慰
"Nothing could console him when his wife died."
他妻子去世后，什么事情也不能使他感到宽慰。
近义：respond, cantilever, appease, liven, assure, mollify
反义：oppress, pain, sadden, suffer, torment, trouble
adj. 指定的，确定的;假设的，假定的;有…倾向的;赠送的;
prep. （表示原因）考虑到;（表示假设）倘若，假定;
n. 假设;
v. 给予，赠送( give的过去分词);
"The pilot was given clearance to land by air traffic control."
飞行员得到空中交通管制站发出的着陆许可。
近义：particular
反义：indefinite, indeterminate, unascertained, uncertain, unsettled, vague
humor
['hju:mə]
n. 幽默，心情，诙谐;
vt. 迎合，牵就，顺应;
💡 后缀:or 表示物 英文译成中文：humor（幽默），coffee（咖啡），tank（坦克），sofa（沙发）
"Humor is laughing at what you have not got when you ought to have it."
能对应有而没有的东西一笑置之是谓幽默。
近义：humour, oblige, please, satisfy, suit, tickle
反义：reliability, responsibility, sedateness, staidness, thoughtfulness, earnestness