week4

day22: On self-discipline as freedom

• lethargy:没精打采
• pitcher:投手
• slave:奴隶
• deprivation:剥夺
• endeavor:努力
• enslave:奴役
• substantial:可观的,显著的,重要的
• ultimately:最终

Day 23: On Disciplined Education

• refrain: 叠句, 忍住,避免,克制
• worthwhile:值得做的,有价值的
• eschew: 避开, 回避
• blindly:摸黑地,盲目地
• mental: 智力的
• chatter: 喋喋不休,唠叨
• By getting your news from just one source and blindly believing it, you run the risk of mental laziness. 只从一个来源获取信息并盲目相信，你就有精神懒惰的风险。
• provoking: 激怒

Day 24: On Happiness Through Self-Discipline

• irony: 反语,嘲讽
• subject:使..隶属,使..顺从
• subject to:取决于
• immense:巨大的
• crave: 渴望得到, 恳求
• torture:酷刑
• gadget:小机械装置
• in the long haul:长远来看
• motivator: 动力
• moment:片刻
• voluntarily:自愿地
• unforeseen:未预料到的
• manifestation:表现
• nobler strivings: 更高尚的奋斗
• stuff:填充
• forego:放弃, 走在..前面
• cultivate:培养,栽培
• congruent:一致的,符合的,和谐的

Day 25: On Starting Today

• ponder:琢磨,仔细考虑
• procrastinate:拖延
• Come up with:提出
• obsess:迷住

Day 26: On the Long-Term Consequences of Your Choices

• torn: 撕破
• succumb:屈服
• temptation:诱惑
• crumble:碎屑
• ponder: 仔细考虑, 琢磨
• resolution: 坚定
• precedent:先例
• once-off:一次性的
• timeframe:时间范围

day27: on following the wrong path

• miserable: 痛苦的
• drain:下水道,浪费,消耗
• pursue: 追逐
• arduous:艰难的

• Self-discipline is powerful as long as you apply it to the goals you care about— the ones that, even when they are difficult to accomplish, energize you.

  自律是强大的，只要你把它应用到你关心的目标上——那些即使很难实现也能激励你的目标。

• reservoir:水库,贮藏

day28: on living in offensive mode

• offensive:无礼的, 冒犯的
• ongoing:持续的,发展的
• sake: 目的,利益
• abundance:大量,充足
• perception:视觉,感觉,看法,洞察力
• disposable:一次性的
• income: 收入
• negligible:可忽略不计的
• venture:企业, 冒险, 勇敢
• assure:向..保证
• prospect:希望,成功的机会,前途
• track: 行踪,足迹