graspable, ebb and flow, flux, lurch, edifice

graspable: 붙잡을 수 있는; 이해할 수 있는

 

ebb and flow: (조수처럼) 밀려 왔다 밀려 갔다 하다, 성쇠를 되풀이하다, 변동하다

I saw the ebb and flow at the seaside. 

 

ebb: 1. 동사  격식 빠지다, 썰물이 되다 (=go out), (↔flow) 2. 동사  서서히 사그라지다[약해지다] (=decrease)

1. the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
2. a flowing backward or away; decline or decay: the ebb of a once great nation.
3. a point of decline: His fortunes were at a low ebb.

 

verb (used without object)
4. to flow back or away, as the water of a tide (opposed to flow).
5. to decline or decay; fade away: His life is gradually ebbing.

 

flux: 1. 끊임없는 변화 2. 유동, 흐름

1. a flowing or flow.

2. the flowing in of the tide.

3. continuous change, passage, or movement: His political views are in a state of flux.

e.g. The consequences of such a situation, however, are mixed. In a world made up of ebbs and flows, flux and change, we never really achieve; we only sample.

 

lurch: 1. 휘청하다 2. 휘청함; 요동침 3. 떨리다

noun
1. an act or instance of swaying abruptly.
2. an awkward, swaying or staggering motion or gait.
3. a sudden tip or roll to one side, as of a ship or a staggering person.
verb (used without object)
4. to make a lurch; move with lurches; stagger:
The wounded man lurched across the room.
5. (of a ship) to roll or pitch suddenly.

e.g. Life becomes a series of lurches and turns that we struggle to negotiate by redirecting ourselves from one dead-end to another until, finally, we come to see the links between them.

 

edifice [ ed-uh-fis ]: 1. 건물; 조직 2. 체계

1. a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance.
2. any large, complex system or organization.

e.g. Finally, the pattern emerges; finally the very private, very personal edifice of our very separate lives takes shape; finally, the truth dawns that life is simply a matter of living from one season to the next and, if we are lucky, learning as we go.

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