为什么要背晦涩的单词？看到了verbal advantage的一个经典比喻

小硕鼠UID: 3411565

“Why do I need to know all these difficult, unusual words? What
good are they to me if 85 or 95 percent of the population doesn't
understand them?”
Possessing a large and exact vocabulary is pleasurable and reassuring
for the same reason that it's pleasurable and reassuring to have money in
the bank—it's there when you need it, and you can rest easy that you'll
never have to ask for a handout. To take that analogy one step further, if
words are like dollars, would you rather live on a tight budget, watching
every nickel and dime and worrying about where the next dollar's coming
from, or would you rather have a walletful of words in all denominations that
you can spend at your discretion?

theobedientUID: 3457491

挺妙的~
前言里的？被我略过了。。