Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool.
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n. 自然;天性;天理;类型;
💡 nat出生的+ure状态→出生状态→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
两党制的对抗性
近义：milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment
vt. 解除;缓解;换班;（去厕所的一种委婉说法）方便;
💡 re再+lieve提高，变轻→再轻→减轻
"She watches television to relieve the monotony of everyday life."
她天天靠看电视来解闷儿。
近义：heal, lighten, assuage, mitigate, palliate, quell
反义：appal, appall, astonish, astound, oppress, overburden
egotism
[['egəutizm]]
n. 自我中心癖, 自负\\n[医] 利己主义, 唯我主义
近义：narcissism, self, selfhood, selfishness, conceit, egoism
反义：humanitarianism, largeheartedness, largess, largesse, liberality, munificence
anesthetic
[ˌænəs'θetik]
n. （使局部或全身失去知觉的）麻醉剂，麻醉药;
adj. 感觉缺失的;麻木的，麻醉的;
"He was given a general anesthetic."
他被全身麻醉。
近义：anaesthesia, anaesthetic
adj. 指定的，确定的;假设的，假定的;有…倾向的;赠送的;
prep. （表示原因）考虑到;（表示假设）倘若，假定;
n. 假设;
v. 给予，赠送( give的过去分词);
"The pilot was given clearance to land by air traffic control."
飞行员得到空中交通管制站发出的着陆许可。
近义：particular
反义：indefinite, indeterminate, unascertained, uncertain, unsettled, vague
adv. 亲切地;友好地;诚恳地，衷心地;（用作请求时的礼貌用语或把命令说成请求的反语）请;
adj. 厚道的，亲切的;温和的，宜人的;〈古〉自然的;
"She spoke kindly to them."
她与他们亲切交谈。
近义：humane, approachable, kind, kindhearted, loving, manageable
反义：impolitely, insolently, irreverently, barefacedly, rudely, unblushingly