Gratitude is a lively sense of benefits to come

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谄媚取悦无非汲汲为求回报。

1.     Gratitude是‘谄媚取悦’ ﹐不是‘感恩’ 。这字是从 gratify 来﹐gratify 是从 gratus (pleasing) + facere (make, do) 。 所以﹐gratify 是 ‘to do favor to, to give pleasure to) 。

2.     ‘benefis to come’ 是‘未来的利益’。

3.     ‘a lively sense’ 是‘活生生的意念’。

By the way, the quote was made famous by Wm. Strunk, Jr., the author of ‘The Elements of Style.’