The avarice of the old: it's absurd to increase one's luggage as one nears the journey's end.
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n. 贪婪;
💡 avar贪婪+ice行为 → 贪婪
"Their avarice knows no bounds; you can never satisfy them."
他们贪得无厌, 你永远无法满足他们.
近义：meanness, miserliness, moneygrubbing, niggardliness, avariciousness, possessiveness
反义：humanitarianism, largeheartedness, largess, largesse, liberality, longanimity
adj. 荒谬的;荒唐的;无理性的，杂乱无章的;荒诞主义的，荒诞的;
n. 无价值，无意义;
💡 surd-, -surd 表”愚蠢的,荒唐的”##a, ab, abs 前缀;表示来自,离开
"That uniform makes the guards look absurd."
警卫们穿着那种制服看起来怪模怪样的。
近义：illogical, inane, irrational, laughable, lost, ludicrous
反义：irrefragable, axiomatic
vt.& vi. 增加，增大，增多;
vt. 增强，增进;[缝纫]放（针）;
vi. 增强;增进;增殖，繁殖;[缝纫]放针;
💡 in向内+crease增→增加
"He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary."
他竟然厚着脸皮要求增加薪水.
近义：heighten, hike, hypo, increment, intensify, magnify
反义：lessen, lower, reduce, slack, slacken, deescalate
n. 旅行，旅程行期;历程，过程;
vi. 旅行，出游;
vt. 在…旅行或旅行到过…;
💡 journ日期+ey表名词 → 按日期计算的行程 → 旅行，旅程
"The journey took approximately seven hours."
旅程大约花了七个小时。
近义：peregrinate, tour, travel, trip, fare, hike
n. <英>行李;<美>皮箱;
💡 lug(=log原木)+age(名缀):很厚重的东西- 行李{luggage=baggage} lu(六)+gg(格格)+a(一个)+ge(阿哥):六个格格一个
"passengers laden with luggage"
携带大批行李的旅客
近义：baggage, dunnage, equipment