哈佛大学幸福课第二课

Part three Way to cultivate a mental attitude that will bring you peace and happiness
Chapter first
by far
到目前为止；远，非常（与比较级或最高级连用）
fate/feɪt/ CET4 TEM4
1.N-UNCOUNT Fate is a power that some people believe controls and decides everything that
happens, in a way that cannot be prevented or changed. You can also refer to the fates. 命运
I see no use arguing with fate. 我认为与命运抗争没有什么用。

...the fickleness of fate. …命运的变化无常。

2.N-COUNT A person's or thing's fate is what happens to them. 命运; 遭遇
The Russian Parliament will hold a special session later this month to decide his fate. 俄罗斯议会本月晚些时候将举行一次特别会议来决定他的命运。

He seems for a moment to be again holding the fate of the country in his hands. 有那么一刻他似乎又把国家的命运掌握在自己手中。

conviction/kənˈvɪkʃən/ CET4 TEM4
1.N-COUNT A conviction is a strong belief or opinion. 坚定的信念
It is our firm conviction that a step forward has been taken. 我们坚信已经向前迈进了一步。

2.N-COUNT If someone has a conviction, they have been found guilty of a crime in a court of law.
判罪
He will appeal against his conviction. 他将对判决进行上诉。

3.N-UNCOUNT If you have conviction, you have great confidence in your beliefs or opinions. 坚信
"We shall, sir," said Thorne, with conviction. 索恩坚定地说：“先生，我们会的”。

highroad ['hairəud]
n. 1.[主英国英语]大路，公路
2.(成功的)捷径，最好的(或最有把握的)途径
destiny/ˈdɛstɪnɪ/ CET6 TEM4
1.N-COUNT A person's destiny is everything that happens to them during their life, including what will happen in the future, especially when it is considered to be controlled by someone or something else. 命运
We are masters of our own destiny. 我们是自己命运的主人。

2.N-UNCOUNT Destiny is the force which some people believe controls the things that happen to you in your life. 天数; 定数
Is it destiny that brings people together, or is it accident? 是定数，还是偶然，将人们带到一起？
miserable/ˈmɪzərəbəl/ CET4 TEM4
1.ADJ If you are miserable, you are very unhappy. 痛苦的
例：
I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable.
我连着干了几份工资很低的秘书工作，这让我感到真的很痛苦。

2.ADV 痛苦地miserably
例：
He looked miserably down at his plate.
他痛苦地低头看着自己的盘子。

3.ADJ If you describe a place or situation as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel unhappy or depressed. 令人忧伤的
例：
There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him. 在这个令人忧伤的地方，根本没什么东西可以转移他的注意力。

4.ADJ If you describe the weather as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel depressed, because it is raining or dull. 阴冷多雨的
例：
On a grey, wet, miserable day our teams congregated in Port Townsend. 在灰暗、潮湿而又阴冷的一天，我们几队人聚集在了汤森港。

5.ADJ If you describe someone as miserable, you mean that you do not like them because they are
bad-tempered or unfriendly. 脾气不好的; 不友好的
例：
He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else, not even to pass the time of day.
他总是不友好。

他从不和我说话，也不和别人说话，那怕是为了打发时光。

6.ADJ You can describe a quantity or quality as miserable when you think that it is much smaller or
worse than it ought to be. 少得可怜的强调
例：
Our speed over the ground was a miserable 2.2 knots.
我们在地面上的速度只有区区的2.2节。

7.ADV 少得可怜地miserably
...the miserably inadequate supply of b ooks now provided for schools.…现在提供给学校的书籍少得可怜。

8.ADJ A miserable failure is a very great one. 惨痛的强调
例：The film was a miserable commercial failure both in Italy and in the United States. 这部电影在意大利和美国票房收入都遭到了惨败。

9.ADV 悲惨地miserably
Some manage it. Some fail miserably.有人成功了。

有些人败得很惨。

failure/ˈfeɪljə/ CET4 TEM4
1.N-UNCOUNT Failure is a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a
particular activity. 失败
例：
This policy is doomed to failure. 这项政策注定要失败。

Three attempts on the 200-metre record ended in failure.
3次向200米纪录的冲击以失败告终。

2.N-UNCOUNT Your failure to do a particular thing is the fact that you do not do it, even though you were expected to do it. 未成
例：
They see their failure to produce an heir as a curse from God.
他们将自己未能生育一个后嗣看作是来自上帝的一个诅咒。

3.N-COUNT If something is a failure, it is not a success. 失败
例：
The marriage was a failure and they both wanted to be free of it.
这段婚姻是个失败，他们俩都想从中解放出来。

4.N-COUNT If you say that someone is a failure, you mean that they have not succeeded in a particular activity, or that they are unsuccessful at everything they do. 失败者
例：
Elgar received many honours and much acclaim and yet he often considered himself a failure.
埃尔加获得了很多荣誉和欢呼，但是他常常把自己看成一个失败者。

5.N-VAR If there is a failure of something, for example, a machine or part of the body, it goes wrong
and stops working or developing properly. 故障
例：
There were also several accidents mainly caused by engine failures on take-off.
还有一些事故主要是由起飞时引擎故障导致的。

6.N-VAR If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating. 倒闭
例：Business failures rose 16% last month.上个月公司倒闭上升了16%。