Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.
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n. 生物，动物;人;创造物;（他人的）工具;
💡 cre产生+ at=ate表动词 + ure表名词→ create创造 + ure表名词 → 创造物，生物
"The dormouse is a shy, nocturnal creature."
榛睡鼠是一种在夜间活动的胆小动物。
近义：inbeing, being, entity, wight, animal
adj. 活着的;活泼的;有生气的;敏感的;
💡 a在…，…的+live活→活的
"We don't know whether he's alive or dead."
我们不知道他是死是活。
近义：live, living, quickened, surviving, animated, passionate
反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
vt. 保护;保持，保存;腌制食物;防腐处理;
vi. 保鲜;保持原状;做蜜饯;禁猎;
n. 蜜饯;防护用品;禁猎地;独占的事物（或范围）;
💡 pre预先+serve保持→预先保留→保存
"Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity."
为了姓名保密，书中的人用的都是化名。
近义：protect, save, shelter, defend, guard, embalm
反义：quit, stop, leave, desist, cut, finish
vt. 破坏，摧毁;消灭，歼灭（敌人）;杀死;使失败;
💡 de坏+stroy=struct建造 → 毁坏，破坏
"It is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct."
谁都知道破坏容易建设难.
近义：shatter, impair, kill, mar, obliterate, rack
反义：mend, refit, repair, service, tinker
adj. 较好的;更合适的;能力更强的;好转的;
adv. 更好地;更妥;更;
v. 胜过;上进;
n. 更好者;更有才智者;
"We're hoping for better weather tomorrow."
我们希望明天天气转好。
近义：improve, perfect, upgrade, meliorate, complete, enrich
反义：intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, lousy
adj. 死去的;完全的;无感觉的;呆板的;
adv. 完全地;非常;绝对;极度;
n. 死者;（死一样的）寂静;极寒时候;
💡 呆的，人 死是“呆的
"We don't know whether he's alive or dead."
我们不知道他是死是活。
近义：asleep, numb, numbed, unfeeling, benumbed, unresponsive
反义：mindful, aware, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful