On Writing Well C24 25

1.words and expressions

accretions

do they suddenly want to know more about their family heritage and all its accretions of anecdote and lore.

1[N-COUNT 可数名词] 增加物;添加物；An accretion is an addition to something, usually one that has been added over a period of time. [Formal]

The script has been gathering editorial accretions for years.

多年来该剧本一直在修改。

2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词] 添加；累积；Accretion is the process of new layers or parts being added to something so that it increases in size. [Formal]

A coral reef is built by the accretion of tiny, identical organisms.

珊瑚礁是由许多相同的微生物不断堆积而成。

lassitude

How bitterly his lassitude must have dawned on the young Frida Zinsser.

[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词] 无力；困乏；倦怠；Lassitude is a state of tiredness, laziness, or lack of interest. [Formal]

Symptoms of anaemia include general fatigue and lassitude.

贫血症状包括全身疲劳和困乏。

//...periods of lassitude and inactivity.

阶段性的乏力懒怠

fallible

We come from a tribe of fallible people and we have survived without resentment to get on with our lives.

adjective

  able to make mistakes or be wrong

  会犯错误的:

  Memory is selective and fallible.

  记忆有选择性而且会出错。

  All human beings are fallible.

  人人都难免犯错误。

  OPP  infallible

• fal·li·bil·ity / 7fAlE5bilEti / noun [U] :

  human fallibility

  人易犯的错误

2.thoughts

隐私：回忆录中写到的人物应当也应在写完回忆录后征求一下这个人物的意见

态度：积极的态度，而不是一味抱怨过去，回忆录最终想让人看见的是你的过去如何塑造了你的现在，而不是听你嘟囔过去的不快往事。

以及整本书 真的无时无刻不在讲 追随本心去写文章。