We can gradually grow into any condition we desire, provided we first make ourselves in habitual mental attitude the person who corresponds to those conditions.
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adv. 逐步地，渐渐地;按部就班地;日趋;冉冉;
💡 grad步+ ual...的 + ly...地→ gradual逐步的+ ly...地 → 逐步地
"The drugs work well at first but gradually lose their effectiveness."
这些药的效果起初非常好,但后来逐渐失效.
近义：increasingly, progressively, seriatim, slowly, successively, consecutively
反义：clean, cold
n. 状态;环境;健康状况;条款;
vt. 制约;限制;使习惯于;使适应;
vt.& vi. 对…具有重要影响;影响（某事发生的方式）;保持（头发或皮肤等的）健康;养护;
💡 con共同+dit给予+ion抽象名词→共同给出的东西 → 条件
"The car was in A1 condition."
汽车状况好极了。
近义：fitness, shape, capacitate, prepare, fit, fix
反义：impair, jumble, mess, muss, overset, overturn
adj. 习惯的;惯常的;习以为常的;
💡 habit居住+ual...的→ 长时间居住的 →经常做的 → 惯常的
"He's been taken to task for his habitual lack of punctuality."
他因为经常不准时而受到批评.
近义：repeating, routine, usual, chronic, common, customary
反义：inadvertent, incidental, isolated, random, sometime, sporadic
n. 态度;看法;姿势;个人风格;
💡 att=apr能力，倾向+itude后缀，构成抽象名词 →态度
"The government takes a cavalier attitude to the problems of prison overcrowding."
政府对监狱拥挤不堪的问题不闻不问。
近义：pose, position, posture, stance, view, stand
n. 人;（语法）人称;身体;容貌;
💡 person-, parson- 表”人类”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看见前面提到的那个人行动可疑。
近义：individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter
反义：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
adj. 内心的，精神的，思想的，心理的;智慧的，智[脑]力的;〈口〉精神病的，意志薄弱的，愚笨的;
n. 精神病患者;
💡 ment思考，神智+al表形容词 → 智力的；精神的
"Mental and physical deterioration both occur naturally with age."
随着年龄的增长,心智和体力自然衰退.