FORGETFULNESS, n. A gift of God bestowed upon doctors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
— Ambrose Bierce  ·  No category

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gift [ɡɪft] 词频1
n. 赠品，礼物;天赋;赠送;天资; vt. 赋予;向…赠送;天赋权力（或才能等）;授予;
💡 give(给予)+t(表示抽象名词的后缀)→赠与；礼物
"The watch was a gift from my mother."
这块表是母亲给我的礼物。
近义：present, treat, bestowal, giveaway, offering, charity
compensation [,kɑmpɛn'seʃən] 词频3 词根: 悬挂
n. 补偿，赔偿;修正;补救办法;
💡 com(together)+pens(hang)+ation(名词后缀)→补偿；赔偿
"This may affect your entitlement to compensation."
这可能影响你索赔的权利。
近义：offset, indemnification, indemnity, payment, premium, recompense
conscience ['kɑnʃəns] 词频2 词根: con
n. 良心;道德心;
💡 con全部+sci知道+ence名词后缀→全部知道→有良知→良心
"Guilt had been eating into his conscience for some months."
几个月来内疚一直折磨着他的良心.
近义：percept, perceptibility, perception, awareness, seeing, sense
forgetfulness [fɚ'gɛtfəlnɪs] 词频5
健忘;忘性;
"The lovers roamed around the fields in complete forgetfulness of time."
这对情侣漫步于田野,完全忘记了时间.
近义：amnesia 反义：invocation, memento, memory, recall, recollection, reminiscence
upon [ə'pɑn] 词频1
prep. 在…上面;当…时候;
"It was a title bestowed upon him by the king."
那是国王赐给他的头衔。
近义：above, atop, on, onto, over, o'er
destitution
n. 穷困, 贫穷, 缺乏
近义：ousting, removal, suspension, displacement, deposal, deposition 反义：relinquishment, resigning, abdication, plenty, wealth, wealthiness

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"MAGNIFICENT, adj. Having a grandeur or splendor superior to that to which the spectator is accustomed, as the ears of an ass, to a rabbit, or the glory of a glowworm, to a maggot."
"MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway."
"PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics."
"EJECTION, n. An approved remedy for the disease of garrulity. It is also much used in cases of extreme poverty."
"PREDILECTION, n. The preparatory stage of disillusion."
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