小词详解 | denomination
Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
《旧约全书》可以归类为敬畏；《新约全书》可以归类为信心。
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小词详解 | malleable
Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.
习惯在你的一生中都是可塑的。
小词详解 | vestige
There is no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end.
既没有开始的痕迹，也没有结束的迹象。
小词详解 | discern
The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.
智慧的首要之点是能判别什么是错误的，其次能知道何者为正确。
小词详解 | fatigue
Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
我们的疲惫很多时候并非来自于工作，而是恐惧、消沉和怨恨。
小词详解 | gospel
对于基督教的信徒们而言， gospel 自然代表的是“绝对真理”或者说“无可置疑的事物”。
小词详解 | cripple
It is not to be imagined how far constancy will carry a man; however it is better walking slowly in a rugged way, than to break a leg and be a cripple.
小词详解 | tarnish
Tarnish 源自中古法语 ternir （暗淡光泽或亮度、使暗淡），本义指“（使）失去光泽、暗淡”，尤指因为暴露在空气或湿气中而失去光泽，比如发乌的银烛台（tarnished silver candlesticks）。
小词详解 | bestow
The more we bestow the richer we become.
我们给予的越多，我们就越富有。
小词详解 | poll
A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.
公众意见调查并不能替代个人的思考。
小词详解 | peninsula
The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.
乐观主义者生活在拥有无限可能的半岛上；悲观主义者被困在永远犹豫不决的孤岛上。
小词详解 | obsession
A man with an obsession is a man who has very little sales resistance.
一个痴迷的人几乎没有什么推销阻力。