While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.
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n. 悲伤;悲痛;悲伤的事;
💡 grie 重+f → 心情沉重 → 悲伤
"Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement."
几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了.
近义：anxiety, heartache, heartbreak, heartsickness, melancholy, misery
反义：hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
vt. 试图;尝试;
n. 进攻;尝试，冲击;
💡 at一再+tempt尝试→一再尝试 → 尝试，企图
"The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime."
普遍认为，这一举措是试图安抚批评政权的人。
近义：try, essay, intent, assay, shy, stab
vt. 使转移;娱乐;转移注意力;
💡 di偏离+vert转偏离→转偏离 → 转向；消遣
"If you haul hard you will divert the fish."
如果拉网太猛,鱼会被吓跑的.
近义：misappropriate, deviate, alienate, please, recreate, regale
n. 娱乐;游戏;文娱活动;
💡 amuse娱乐+ment表名词 →娱乐，消遣
"She could not hide her amusement at the way he was dancing."
她见他跳舞的姿势，忍俊不禁。
近义：hobby, pastime, avocation, play, playtime, recreation
vt. 驱散;使消散;浪费，挥霍;耗尽;
vi. 消散;放荡，挥霍;
💡 dis分开，分离+sipate散布，散开→驱散
"Don't dissipate your efforts."
不要浪费你的精力.
近义：thin, disperse, evanesce, misspend, piddle, spend
反义：husband, keep, maintain, conserve
remains
[rɪ'menz]
n. 遗骨，遗体，残骸，残余，遗迹;废墟，遗址，遗迹，剩余（物），余额;
v. 留下( remain 的第三人称单数);保持;留待;仍然是;
💡 re向后+mains留下 →剩余物
"Access to the documents remains restricted to civil servants."
这些文件仍仅限公务员使用.
近义：leavings, leftovers, litter, offal, riddlings, rubbish
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"Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords."
"It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust."