Ninth Diary

Vocabularies

1. despite prep.不管，儘管，任憑
   n.惡意，怨恨，侮辱，損害
2. Feeble a.虛弱的(feeble from sickness)，衰弱的，無力的，軟弱的(feeble personality)，站不住腳的(his argument is feeble)，拙劣無效的，微弱的(feeble cry)，薄弱的
3. 振作 brace one’s heart, brace up, rally, bestir, perk up, pluck up, to be of (good) comfort, gather oneself up, lift up(or raise) one’s head, take heart, pull oneself together.
4. 傷心 heartbroken, grieve, broken-hearted, sorrowful, be sick at heart, break one’s heart
5. Grieve v.悲傷，苦惱，哀悼 (= mourn, lament, sorrow)
   e.g. She was grieving for that dead baby.
6. Lament n.悲痛之情，哀悼，痛哭，哀歌，輓詩，悼詞
   v.哀悼，悲嘆，悔恨
   e.g. The widow lamented the death of her only child.
7. Widow v,n.寡婦，喪偶
   e.g. His widowed mother brought him up.
   (Derivative.) widower n.鰥夫
8. 失望 lose hope, get the cheese, disappointed, frustrate, disappointment, letdown, frustration
9. Disappointment n.失望，掃興，沮喪，使失望的人，令人掃興的事
   e.g. He left the station in great disappointment, for (因為) she wasn’t on the train.
10. 失憶，挫傷 failure, setback, abortion, washout, letdown, frustration, rue, sorrow, disillusionment, disenchantment, bummer, blow
11. 果斷 resolute, decisive, firm determined, purposeful
    e.g. A decisive person is needed to deal with situation.
12. 戒 take precaution against, warn, admonish, give up, get rid of , abstain from, refrain from, guard against, avoid
13. Precaution n.預防，警惕，謹慎，預防措施
    e.g. I took an umbrella as a precaution.
14. Admonish v.告誡，警告，提醒，勸告，責備
    e.g. My mother admonished me against arrogance（驕傲）.
    e.g. His friend admonished him against drinking.
15. Brake v.煞車
16. 大量 amplitude, fullness, exuberance, luxuriance, lavishness, prodigality, richness
17. Lavish a.慷慨的，浪費的，大量地，豐富的，無節制的
    v.揮霍，浪費，濫施
18. 懷疑 doubt, have doubts, mistrust, suspect, discredit, call sth. In question, be dubious of (I’m dubious of her honesty.)
19. 羨慕 v.admire, envy, covet (垂涎、貪圖、渴望), begrudge (吝惜，嫉妒，羨慕), admiration, envy, jealousy (妒忌、猜忌、戒備、警惕)
20. Sorrow v,n.悲傷，悲痛 (= grief, sadness, regret, trouble, misfortune, suffering, woe, anguish(v, n.苦惱，極度痛苦), misery, agony（極度痛苦，臨死的痛苦，爆發）, remorse(n.痛悔，自責))
    e.g. With remorse and shame, he asked for her forgiveness.
    e.g. She had no remorse about what she had said.
    e.g. They went through the agonies of war and famine.
    e.g. The loss of her son anguished her deeply.
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21. Torment n.痛苦，苦惱，痛苦的根源
    e.g. She is real torment to me.
    e.g. He suffered torments from a bed burn.
    v.痛苦，折磨，煩擾，糾纏，作弄
    e.g. She torments everyone with her silly questions.
22. 腐蝕 corrode, etch, erode, corrupt, canker
    e.g. It was power that corrupted him.
23. Corrupt v.墮落，腐化，腐壞，腐爛
    e.g. Complete power corrupts completely.