Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.
— W. Somerset Maugham  ·  Death

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dreary ['drɪri] 词频3 词根: dr-
adj. 沉寂的;阴沉的;令人厌烦的;枯燥的; n. 可怕的人物;
💡 dre=dry干涸 + ary 属于...的，关于...的 → adj. 沉闷的，枯燥的
"a dreary winter's day"
阴沉的冬日
近义：humdrum, irksome, lethal, aseptic, tedious, tiresome
affair [ə'fɛr] 词频1 词根: af
n. 事情，事件;事务;个人的事，私事;风流韵事;
💡 af加强+fair=fact做→事务；私事；风流韵事
"She had become brazen about the whole affair."
她对整件事已经不感到羞耻了。
近义：issue, item, matter, negotiation, point, question
advice [əd'vaɪs] 词频1 词根: vid
n. 劝告，忠告;（商业）通知;建议;（政治，外交上的）报导，报告;
💡 ad使+vic=vis看+e→使别人深思熟虑→劝告意见，劝告，忠告
"advice on road safety"
有关道路安全的建议
近义：pointer, recommendation, rede, suggestion, tip, commendation
whatever [wət'ɛvɚ] 词频2
pron. 无论什么;任何（事物）;诸如此类;（表示不在乎，什么都可接受）什么都可以; adj. 无论什么…都;无论怎样…都;任何…也;
💡 what什么+ever究竟→无论什么
"Do whatever seems best to you."
你觉得什么最好，就做什么。
近义：any, whatsoever, whichever, whichsoever, either, anything
dying ['daɪɪŋ] 词频2
adj. <口>渴望，切盼;垂死的，临终的;会死的;快熄灭的; v. “die”的现在分词;
"He conjured them with his dying breath to look after his children."
他临终时恳求他们照顾他的孩子.
近义：agony, moribund, death, agonizing
dull [dʌl] 词频2 词根: /də/
adj. 钝的;迟钝的;呆滞的;阴暗的; v. 缓和;减轻;使阴暗;
💡 杜甫(du)智商只有11，是 白痴
"Life in a small town could be deadly dull."
小城镇的生活可能会非常没意思。
近义：boggle, numb, bleak, colourless, colorless, drab 反义：hone, point, strap, strop, taper, whet

📜 W. Somerset Maugham 的更多名言

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"You can't learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency."
"There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved."
"We have long passed the Victorian era, when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby."
"When you're eighteen your emotions are violent, but they're not durable."
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🏷 更多「Death」名言

"The fact that when we die we are nothing more than worm meat---I just don't think about it."
— Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess
"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life."
— Steve Jobs
"If you don't think your life is worth more than someone else's, sign your donor card and kill yourself now."
— Unknown
"I am not dying, not anymore than any of us are at any moment. We run, hopefully as fast as we can, and then everyone must stop. We can only choose how we handle the race."
— Hugh Elliott
"The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them."
— Lois McMaster Bujold
"For certain is death for the bornAnd certain is birth for the dead;Therefore over the inevitableThou shouldst not grieve."
— Bhagavad Gita
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