wanted, became convinced that all who like myself had sought inknowledge for the meaning of life had found nothing. And not only

had they found nothing, but they had plainlyacknowledged that thevery thing which made me despair -- namely the senselessness of

life -- is the one indubitable thing man can know. I sought everywhere; and thanks to a life spent in learning,

and thanks also to my relations with the scholarly world, I hadaccess to scientists and scholars in all branches of knowledge, and

they readily showed me all their knowledge, not only in books butalso in conversation, so that I had at my disposal all that science

has to say on this question of life. I was long unable to believe that it gives no other reply to

life's questions than that which it actually does give. It longseemed to me, when I saw the important and serious air with which

science announces its conclusions which have nothing in common withthe real questions of human life, that there was something I had

• prosperous [´prɔspərəs] a.繁荣的；顺利的 (初中英语单词)


• shakespeare [´ʃeikspiə] n.莎士比亚 (初中英语单词)


• standing [´stændiŋ] n.持续 a.直立的 (初中英语单词)


• reasonable [´rizənəbəl] a.合理的；有理智的 (初中英语单词)


• fulfil [ful´fil] vt.履行；完成；执行 (初中英语单词)


• destruction [di´strʌkʃən] n.破坏，毁灭 (初中英语单词)


• suffering [´sʌfəriŋ] n.痛苦；灾害 (初中英语单词)


• healthy [´helθi] a.健康的 (初中英语单词)


• fortunate [´fɔ:tʃənət] a.幸运的，侥幸的 (初中英语单词)


• formerly [´fɔ:məli] ad.从前，以前 (初中英语单词)


• cunning [´kʌniŋ] a.&n.狡猾(诡诈)的 (初中英语单词)


• hastily [´heistili] ad.急速地；草率地 (初中英语单词)


• contrary [´kɔntrəri] a.相反的 n.相反 (初中英语单词)


• mental [´mentl] a.精神的；心理的 (初中英语单词)


• stupid [´stju:pid] a.愚蠢的；糊涂的 (初中英语单词)


• acknowledge [ək´nɔlidʒ] vt.(公开)承认；感谢 (初中英语单词)


• learning [´lə:niŋ] n.学习；学问；知识 (初中英语单词)


• beginning [bi´giniŋ] n.开始，开端；起源 (初中英语单词)


• sickness [´siknis] n.生病；呕吐，恶心 (初中英语单词)


• whatever [wɔt´evə] pron.&a.无论什么 (初中英语单词)


• swallow [swɔləu] n.燕子 v.吞，咽；淹没 (初中英语单词)


• dragon [´drægən] n.龙 (初中英语单词)


• resign [ri´zain] v.辞职；放弃；委托 (初中英语单词)


• perish [´periʃ] v.灭亡；消灭；(使)死去 (初中英语单词)


• knowing [´nəuiŋ] a.会意的，心照不宣的 (初中英语单词)


• writing [´raitiŋ] n.书写；写作；书法 (初中英语单词)


• despair [di´speə] vi.&n.绝望 (初中英语单词)


• reflection [ri´flekʃən] n.反射；映象；想法 (初中英语单词)


• poetry [´pəuitri] n.诗；诗意 (初中英语单词)


• desperate [´despərit] a.拼死的；绝望的 (初中英语单词)


• terror [´terə] n.恐怖；惊骇 (初中英语单词)


• argument [´ɑ:gjumənt] n.辩论；争论；论证 (初中英语单词)


• vessel [´vesəl] n.容器；船；脉管 (初中英语单词)


• horror [´hɔrə] n.恐怖；战栗 (初中英语单词)


• bullet [´bulit] n.子弹 (初中英语单词)


• plainly [´pleinli] ad.平坦地；简单地 (初中英语单词)


• readily [´redili] ad.乐意地；容易地 (初中英语单词)


• unable [ʌn´eibəl] a.不能的；无能为力的 (初中英语单词)


• actually [´æktʃuəli] ad.事实上；实际上 (初中英语单词)


• partition [pɑ:´tiʃən] n.分割；划分 (高中英语单词)


• ending [´endiŋ] n.结尾，结局 (高中英语单词)


• insane [in´sein] a.患神经病的；疯狂的 (高中英语单词)


• summit [´sʌmit] n.顶(点)；绝顶 (高中英语单词)


• seeing [si:iŋ] see的现在分词 n.视觉 (高中英语单词)


• precisely [pri´saisli] ad.精确地；刻板地 (高中英语单词)


• amusing [ə´mju:ziŋ] a.有趣的 (高中英语单词)


• regularly [´regjuləli] ad.有规律地；经常地 (高中英语单词)


• hanging [´hæŋiŋ] n.绞刑 a.悬挂着的 (高中英语单词)


• torment [´tɔ:ment] vt.(使)痛苦，折磨 (高中英语单词)


• loving [´lʌviŋ] a.爱的，有爱情的 (高中英语单词)


• remembrance [ri´membrəns] n.记忆(力)；回忆 (高中英语单词)


• ridiculous [ri´dikjuləs] a.荒谬的；可笑的 (高中英语单词)


• painful [´peinfəl] a.痛(苦)的；费力的 (高中英语单词)


• soothe [su:ð] vt.安慰；镇定；减轻 (高中英语单词)


• patiently [´peiʃəntli] ad.有耐心地；坚韧地 (高中英语单词)


• finding [´faindiŋ] n.发现物；判断；结果 (高中英语单词)


• namely [´neimli] ad.即，也就是 (高中英语单词)


• disposal [di´spəuzəl] n.处理；支配 (高中英语单词)


• considering [kən´sidəriŋ] prep.就…而论 (英语四级单词)


• precipice [´presipis] n.悬崖；危急的处境 (英语四级单词)


• irresistible [,iri´zistəbəl] a.不可抵抗的 (英语四级单词)


• widespread [´waidspred] a.广布的；普遍的 (英语四级单词)


• favoured [´feivəd] a.有利的，喜爱的 (英语四级单词)


• befell [bi´fel] befall的过去式 (英语四级单词)


• physically [´fizikəli] ad.按照自然规律 (英语四级单词)


• exertion [ig´zə:ʃən] n.努力；行使；活动 (英语四级单词)


• presentation [,prezən´teiʃən] n.介绍；赠送；提出 (英语四级单词)


• daring [´deəriŋ] a.&n.勇敢(的) (英语四级单词)


• inevitably [in´evitəbli] ad.不可避免地；必然地 (英语四级单词)


• drawing [´drɔ:iŋ] n.画图；制图；图样 (英语四级单词)


• superfluous [su:´pə:fluəs, sju:-] a.过剩的，多余的 (英语四级单词)


• experienced [ik´spiəriənst] a.有经验的；熟练的 (英语四级单词)


• painfully [´peinfuli] ad.痛苦地；费力地 (英语四级单词)


• delusion [di´lu:ʒən] n.欺骗；幻觉；迷惑 (英语六级单词)


• diseased [di´zi:zd] a.生病的；有病的 (英语六级单词)


• taking [´teikiŋ] a.迷人的 n.捕获物 (英语六级单词)


• involuntarily [in´vɔləntərili] ad.不 自觉地 (英语六级单词)


• deception [di´sepʃən] n.欺骗，诈骗；骗术 (英语六级单词)


• assured [ə´ʃuəd] a.确实的 n.被保险人 (英语六级单词)


• allurement [ə´ljuəmənt] n.诱惑物；魅力 (英语六级单词)