We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence...on pain of liquidation.
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vi. 出现，显现;出庭，出场;演出;发表;
💡 ap一再+pear看见→出现，显露
"She didn't appear at all surprised at the news."
她听到这消息时一点也没有显得吃惊。
近义：arise, materialize, surface, emerge, look, seem
反义：vanish, evanesce, evanish, fade
vt. 证明…有理;为…辩护;对…作出解释;
vi. 整理版面;证明合法;
💡 just(law)+ify(动词后缀)→证明为正当；为…辩护
"He made a half-hearted attempt to justify himself."
他没有尽力证明自己有理。
近义：substantiate, warrant, endorse, merit, occasion, deserve
反义：mislike, reject, remonstrate, reprove, censure, condemn
n. 存在，实在;生活，生活方式;实体，存在物;
💡 ex出+ist站立+ence名词后缀 →存在，生存
"belief in the existence of a benevolent god"
对于仁慈的神之存在的笃信
近义：presence, life, being
反义：inexistence, absence
n. 板;董事会;甲板;膳食;
vt. 上（船、车或飞机）;收费供…膳宿;使搭伙，使寄宿;强行登（船）;
vi. （火车、轮船、飞机等）接受乘客;搭伙，寄宿;
"Don't worry; the deal was completely above board."
别担心，交易是完全合法的。
近义：blackboard, chalkboard, host, house, keep, lodge
n. 痛苦;刻苦;令人厌烦的人[事物];身体某部分的疼痛[不适];
vt.& vi. （使）疼痛，（使）痛苦，伤害;
vt. 使…痛苦;使…烦恼;
vi. 感到疼痛;引起疼痛;
💡 我怕(pa)里面(in)会 痛苦 我(i)像热锅(pan)上的蚂蚁很 痛苦 拍(pai)脑(n)壳很 痛
"The pain was almost more than he could bear."
这种痛苦几乎使他无法忍受。
近义：hurt, ache, burn, sadden, torment, trouble
反义：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
n. 清偿;结算;清算;清除;
"The company has gone into liquidation ."
这家公司已破产。
近义：liberation, quietus, quitclaim, quittance, sale, satisfaction