第457期:找对爱情到底对我们意味着什么

 　　I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happiness or misery¹ in this life depended on the choice.—Ezra Cornell

　　我一直认为，选择人生的伴侣是一件非常重要的事，因为这直接决定了我今生的幸福或苦难。—埃兹拉·康奈尔（康奈尔大学创始人）

　　核心词汇：

　　companion n. 同伴；朋友；指南；手册 vt.陪伴

　　例句：

　　1.Fred had been her constant companion for the last six years of her life.

　　在她生命的最后六年中，弗雷德经常跟她在一起。

　　2.He went off and came back with a companion.

　　他走开了一会儿，又带来一个同伴。

　　affair n.事情；事务；私事；（尤指关系不长久的）风流韵事

　　例句：

　　1.I would counsel² you to say nothing about the affair.

　　对这件事情我劝你什么也别说了。

　　2.We should not pass over this disgraceful affair in silence.

　　我们不应对这件可耻的事保持缄默。

1 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

2 counsel   

n.忠告，劝告，律师，法律顾问；vt.劝告

参考例句：

• The judge asked counsel for the defence to explain.法官要求被告的辩护律师做出解释。
• He refused to listen to the old man's counsel.他拒不听从老人的忠告。