Cowardice asks: Is it safe? Expediency asks: Is it politic? But Conscience asks: Is it right?

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conscience ['kɑn??ns] 詞頻2 詞根: con
n. 良心;道德心;
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"Guilt had been eating into his conscience for some months."
幾個月來內疚一直折磨著他的良心.
近義:percept, perceptibility, perception, awareness, seeing, sense
cowardice [['kau?dis]] 詞頻5
n. 懦弱
近義:intimidation, poltroonery, recreancy, spinelessness, timidity, unmanliness 反義:heart, intrepidity, manhood, manliness, mettle, nerve
safe [sef] 詞頻1 詞根: 服侍
adj. 安全的;保險的,肯定的;無損的;提供保護的; n. 保險箱,保險柜;冷藏箱;〈俚〉避孕套;
?? 被save(拯救)已safe(安全)
"The family jewels are locked away in a safe."
家里的珠寶首飾都鎖在保險柜里。
近義:strongbox, vault, innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless 反義:hesitant, hesitative, infirm, irresolute, shaky, skeptical
politic ['p?litik] 詞頻4
adj. (計劃、言行)考慮周到的;有見識的;謹慎的;慎重的; v. 從政;
"It seemed politic to say nothing."
沉默似乎是上策。
近義:tactful, delicate, diplomat, diplomatic, ingenious, inventive 反義:precipitate, rude, sharp, snappish, snippety, abrasive
right [ra?t] 詞頻1 詞根: 直
adv. 立刻,馬上;向右,右邊;恰當地;一直; adj. 右方的;正確的;合適的;好的,正常的; n. 正確,正當;右邊;權利;右手; vt. 糾正;扶直,使正;整理;補償; vi. (船舶等)復正,恢復平穩;
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"Is the coffee all right?"
這咖啡還滿意嗎?
近義:avenge, vindicate, wreak, mend, rectify, reerect 反義:counterfeit, fake, forge, obstriction, pledge, responsibility
expediency [[ik'spi:di?nsi]]
n. 權宜, 方便, 私利
近義:apropriateness, propriety, readiness, briskness, convenience, advantage

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