My mom died when I was already an adult -- a mother myself. Her death was slow, expected. This made it no easier. Losses like this begin well before the person is gone, because we imagine the world going on without them. The anticipation1 of it is like a slow, steady burn. We become used to grieving. We hold their hands, press compresses to their wounds, watch as medication drips into their veins2, all the while faced with the impossibility of our own powerlessness. This too, is beautiful, human brokenness.
1 anticipation
n.預(yù)期，預(yù)料，期望
參考例句：
We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我們?cè)谲?chē)站等著，期待她的到來(lái)。 The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各種動(dòng)物 都變得焦躁不安，像是感到了地震即將發(fā)生。
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2 veins
n.紋理；礦脈( vein的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；靜脈；葉脈；紋理
參考例句：
The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血從毛細(xì)血管流回靜脈。 來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》 I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝過(guò)酒后我渾身的血都熱烘烘的，感到很舒服。 來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
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