Decency...must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep.
— Quentin Crisp  ·  No category

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decency ['disnsi] 词频5 词根: decent
n. 正派;正直;体面;社会上高尚文雅行为的标准;
💡 dec 美+ency 名词后缀→体面，庄重
"Her behaviour showed a total lack of common decency ."
她的举止显示她连起码的礼节都不懂。
近义：honesty, appropriateness, integrity, politeness, propriety, seemliness 反义：impertinence, impudence, impudency, impudicity, insolence, lip
state [stet] 词频1 词根: sta
n. 国家;州;状况，情况;资格; vt. 规定;陈述，声明; adj. 国家的;国务的，公务的;正式的;
💡 stat站立+e强调 → 国家；状态
"Dot arrived in a state of great agitation."
多特到达时十分焦虑不安。
近义：hold, maintain, assert, asseverate, manifest, assure
maintain [men'ten] 词频2 词根: main
vt. 保持;保养;坚持;固执己见;
💡 main手+tain拿→用手拿住→维持
"The idea is to maintain the regularity of the heartbeat."
问题就是要维持心跳的规律性.
近义：hold, husband, keep, prop, save, steady
opposite ['ɑpəzət] 词频1 词根: pos
adj. 相对的;对面的;对立的;[数学]（顶、边等）对的; prep. （表示位置）在…的对面;[数学]（顶、边等）对的;与…在一排;（表示方式）与…联合主演; adv. 在对面，对过; n. 对立面，对立物，相反的人[事物];
💡 op对+pos放+ite表形容词，有...的→放到对面→相对的
"The chief of the group has gone over to the opposite."
那个组织的头头归降了对方.
近义：antipode, antipole, antithesis, opposition, reverse, contrast 反义：back, fro
succeed [sək'sid] 词频1 词根: suc
vi. 成功;继承; vt. 继承，继任，继位;随…之后;
💡 suc在…下面+ceed走→从下走到上面→成功
"I'm determined to succeed."
我决心要获得成功。
近义：prosper, thrive, triumph, win, overcome, conquer 反义：miscarry, renege, bungle, default, fizzle, flop
amount [ə'maʊnt] 词频2 词根: a
n. 量，数量;总额;本利之和;全部效果，全部含义; vi. （在意义、价值、效果、程度等方面）等于;等同，接近;合计，总共;发展成为;
💡 mount =ascend,表示”上升, 山”#词根助记：a朝向+mount=朝向……提升直到总量=总量
"The insurance company will refund any amount due to you."
保险公司将退还你应得的所有款项。
近义：import, matter, signify, count, number, quantity

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"Flowers are words even a baby can understand."
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