22-07-13 But Philip could not live long in the rarefied air of the hilltops. What had happened to him when first he was seized by the religious emotion happened to him now. Because he felt so keenly the beauty of faith, because the desire for self-sacrifice...

22-05-20 单词 desire、longing、yearn、dying 和 aspire 都可以用来谈论 想要某样事物，但用法不同，所以我们要根据具体的题材、话题和语境来作出相应的选择。 先来看 desire。Desire 既可以作动词，也可以作名词使用，比 want 更正式，不常用于非正式场合。动词 desire 有 强...

21-03-01 总是忍不住刷朋友圈，不想漏掉任何最新消息的心态，即FOMO(fear of missing out)。 FOMO是什么？ Fear of missing out or FOMO is a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent. This social angst is chara...

21-02-24 Stratton staggered back against the wall and leaned there, panting. All his strength had gone out in that last terrific blow, and for a space he seemed incapable of movement. At length, conscious of a warm, moist trickle on his chin, he raised one h...

20-09-17 适得其反，汉语成语，意思是恰恰得到与预期相反的结果（The result was just the opposite.）。可以翻译为run counter to ones desire或have an exactly opposite effect。 例句： 其结果必然不会像他们所想得那样，而只能适得其反。 The result will definitely turn...

17-06-16 Desire line is an informal path that pedestrians prefer to take to get from one location to another rather than using a sidewalk or other official route. 期望路线指的是行人从A地到B地选择走的非正式道路，而不是走人行道或者其他的正式道路。 Desire lines...

14-10-23 Hum Joshua McKinney When I smelled green through the blur where its wings were, felt the whir of their arc, heard the red of its ruby throat-scales, tasted the dart of its forked tongue afloat in the foxglove -- my only desire was to tell you. My we...

12-11-21 When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you, believe in him, though his voice may shatter y...