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What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree. - Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

从严格的意义上讲，我们所谓的幸福是高度压抑的需求的满足（最好是突发性的）。

Notes:

1.strict

adj. 精确的；绝对的；严格的，严谨的；[植]笔直的

eg.

She is a strict teacher.

她是个严格的教师。

Discipline at school is very strict.

学校的纪律很严。

The work requires strict measurement¹.

这项工作需要精确的测量。

The church demands strict loyalty².

教会要求绝对的忠诚。

2.sense

n. 感觉，官能；意识，观念；理性；识别力

vt. 感到；理解，领会；检测出

常见搭配：

bring to one's senses

使头脑正常[清醒过来], 开导某人, 使醒悟

bring to one's senses

使头脑正常[清醒过来], 开导某人, 使醒悟

frighten [scare] sb. out of his senses

吓得某人魂不附体

have more sense than to do [say] sth. (=have too much sense to do [say] sth.)

有头脑[理智]不会做出[说出]某事

have more sense than to do [say] sth. (=have too much sense to do [say] sth.)

有头脑[理智]不会做出[说出]某事

horse sense

[口]常识, 见识

in a sense

在某种意义上来说

in no sense

决不是, 决非

in the best [true] sense of the term [word]

地地道道地, 确确实实地

lose one's sense

昏过去; 发疯; 失去理性

make sense of

了解...的意义, 懂得

there is no [some] sense in doing...

做...是没有[有一些]道理的[意义的]

1 measurement   

n.测量，衡量；(量得的)尺寸，大小

参考例句：

• I can find the size of something by means of measurement.我可以用测量法求得某物的体积。
• He has made an accurate measurement of my garden.他准确地丈量了我的花园。

2 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。