You can never get the smell of smoke out. Like the smell of failure in life.
— John Updike  ·  No category

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failure ['feljɚ] 词频2 词根: fals
n. 失败，不及格;缺乏，不足;破产，倒闭;失败的事，失败者;
💡 fail犯错误，欺骗+ure名词后缀→错误状态→失败
"The Prime Minister expressed her regret at the failure of the talks."
首相对谈判失败表示遗憾.
近义：impairment, malfunction, breakdown, diddly, damage, turkey 反义：hit, arrival, success, trump, vanquishing, victory
smell [smɛl] 词频1
n. 嗅觉;气味;臭味;发出臭气的人[东西]; vt.& vi.& link-v. 嗅，闻;闻出，发觉，查出;发出…的气味;
💡 鼻子太小（small），闻（smell）不到
"I always associate the smell of baking with my childhood."
一闻到烘烤食物的味道我就想起了童年。
近义：nose, scent, sniff, snuff, pong, reek
smoke [smok] 词频1
n. 烟;吸烟; vi. 冒烟;抽烟;快速; vt. 用烟熏制;吸（烟），抽;
💡 人小small,不能吸烟smoke
"acrid smoke from burning tyres"
燃烧轮胎产生的刺鼻气味
近义：reek, steam, fume
life [laɪf] 词频1
n. 生活，生计;生命，性命;一生，寿命;人生，尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest 反义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end

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