EPICURE, n. An opponent of Epicurus, an abstemious philosopher who, holding that pleasure should be the chief aim of man, wasted no time in gratification from the senses.
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n. 对手;反对者;敌手;
adj. 对立的;敌对的;
💡 op反+pon放置+ent形容词后缀→反着放→对立的;n.对手
"He felled his opponent with a single blow."
他一拳击倒了对手。
近义：objector, opposer, opposite, rival, trialist, contrarian
反义：leaguer, associate, accessary, accessory, accomplice, sidekick
adj. 适中的;（生活等）以节制为特点的;（饮食等）简单而有节制的;节俭的;
adv. 适中地，有节制地;
n. 适中，有节制;
💡 -ous, -ious, -eous 表”具有某种品质”;
"He is abstemious in life."
他过简朴的生活.
近义：lean, measured, moderate, abstentious, abstinent, austere
反义：high, inebriated, intoxicated, loaded, looped, lubricated
n. 哲学家，哲人;思想家，学者;豁达的人;爱卖弄大道理者;
💡 philo爱+soph智慧+er者→哲学家，思想家
"the Greek philosopher Aristotle"
希腊哲学家亚里士多德
近义：thinker, philosophe
n. 愉快;娱乐;令人高兴的事;
vt. 使高兴;使满意;
vi. 觉得高兴，享受;寻欢作乐;
💡 pleas=please令人高兴的+ure名词后缀，表行为、状态 →愉快
"His grandchildren afforded him his greatest pleasure in his old age."
他的孙子和孙女们在晚年的时候给了他最大的欢乐.
近义：please, delectate, delight, enchant, gladden, joy
反义：indifference, irritant, nonchalance, nuisance, tiff, unpleasantness
epicure
['ɛpɪkjʊr]
n. 讲究饮食的人;
"This cookery book have being wrote by a real epicure."
这本食谱是由一位真正的美食家写的.
近义：connoisseur, aesthete, hedonist, sybarite, epicurean
n. 佃户租种的土地;所有物（如土地、债券、股份等）;私有财产;（因其热情、精力或决心等）阻拦不住某人;
v. 拿( hold的现在分词);认为;包含;容纳;
"He was debarred from holding public office."
他被禁止担任公职。
近义：kickstand, mount, prop, stay, support, stand
📜 Ambrose Bierce 的更多名言
"Acquaintance, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to."