The defects of the understanding, like those of the face, grow worse as we grow old.
📚 名句词汇解析
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vt. 理解，懂得;熟知，通晓;获知，理解;谅解;
vi. 理解，懂得;表示同情或谅解;据说;
n. 认识，了解;谅解;知识;
adj. 能谅解的;宽容的;通情达理的;
💡 under下+stand站立+ing名词后缀 → 理解
"an imperfect understanding of English"
对英语的不透彻理解
近义：idea, insight, knowledge, assimilation, notion, perception
反义：incoherence, incomprehension, disagreement, inharmony, nonapproval, nonconformity
n. 面容;表面;脸;方面;
vt.& vi. 面对;面向…;正视;承认;
vt. （感到不能）对付;（明知不好办而）交谈;必须对付（某情况）;面临…;
💡 face=fac表示脸、面 → 脸；表面；外表
"He screwed up his face at the nasty smell."
闻到这令人作呕的气味,他皱眉蹙额.
近义：tackle, brave, breast, confront, front, overlook
反义：parry, avert, prevent, shirk, shun, sidestep
vt. 种植;扩大;扩展;增加;
vi. 生长;渐渐变得;逐渐开始;
vt.& vi. （使）留长，蓄长;
"He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache."
他已经决定留起络腮胡子和髭。
近义：proliferate, propagate, breed, upsize, expand, increase
反义：shrink, lessen, attenuate, reduce, remit, slacken
adj. 更坏的;恶化的;更厉害的;严重的( bad,ill,badly的比较级);
adv. 更坏地，更糟地;（程度上）更…;
n. 更坏的事物;
"The rooms were awful and the food was worse."
房间很糟糕，吃的更差。
近义：lousy, badder, baddest, punk, worst, awful
反义：higher, paramount, preferable, superior, topmost, upper