We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.
如果我们成为鼓励者而不是批评者，我们可以大幅度改善与他人的关系。
gaunt adj.
[ɡɔːnt]
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
瘦削憔悴的，寒碜的
例句：
She hadn't sleep all the night, so she looked gaunt though she made up.
由于她整晚没睡，化了妆也觉得很憔悴。
