小词详解 | jostle
How oddly do life and death jostle each other in this strange world of ours! How nearly allied are smiles and tears!
在我们这个奇特的世界里，生与死之间的纠葛是多么古怪！笑与泪之间的联系是多么紧密！
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小词详解 | rampant
缺乏约束的持枪自由导致枪支暴力泛滥，对公民的生命、人身、财产安全构成了严重威胁。
The lack of restraint in the right to hold guns has led to rampant gun violence, posing a serious threat to citizens' life and property safety.
小词详解 | wean
The way to wean any one from a desire is not by condemnation of it.
谴责某种欲望并不能使任何人摆脱它。
小词详解 | embark
Embark 由 em （ in ）+ bark （树皮）构成， 其中 bark 一词由“树皮”引申为“木头”。
小词详解 | counterpart
Language is the picture and counterpart of thought.
语言是思想的写照和副本。
小词详解 | grim
More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return. Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment.
更重要的是，大批失业公民正面临严峻的生存问题，还有大批公民正以艰辛的劳动换取微薄的报酬。只有愚蠢的乐天派会否认当前这些阴暗的现实。
小词详解 | anatomy
No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.
任何男人都不应该结婚，除非他研究了解剖学并解剖了至少一个女人。
小词详解 | opaque
兜售不透明的连裤袜
to peddle opaque tights
小词详解 | murky
那个著名科学家有一段不清白的过去。
That eminent scientist had a somewhat murky past.
小词详解 | eminent
Eminent vs Imminent
小词详解 | apparatus
呼吸器官
the respiratory apparatus/organs
小词详解 | denomination
Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
《旧约全书》可以归类为敬畏；《新约全书》可以归类为信心。