manage
「manage」是「管理經營」,例如:
She manages a restaurant for her father.(她替父親經營一家餐廳。)
「manage」在文中的意思不只是「經營管理」,更是「更用力」的「設法」,例如:
We finally managed to talk her round.(我們總算設法說服了她。)
Grandpa managed to stagger upstairs.(阿公想辦法搖搖晃晃地上了樓。)
The whole class managed to squash into the van.(全班設法都擠進了那輛麵包車。)
adversity
「adversity」是「逆境、遇到不順心的事」,例如:
A true friend will not desert one in time of adversity.(真朋友不會把遭遇逆境的朋友棄之不顧。)
A brave man smiles at the face of adversity.(勇敢者面對逆境微笑。)
If you faint in the day of adversity your strength is small.(假如在患難之日畏縮,你的力量就會變小。)