Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.
— Juvenal
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vt. 抑制，克制;
n. （詩歌的）疊句，副歌;經(jīng)常重復(fù)的評價（或抱怨）;
vi. 忍耐，節(jié)制;
?? re(back)+frain(break)→抑制；禁止；詩歌的重疊局
"Please refrain from smoking."
請勿吸煙。
近義：abstain, restrain, forbear, abnegate, repress, stem
adj. 強大的;權(quán)力大的;（藥）有效地;
adv. 很;非常;
?? power力量+ful表形容詞，“有…的” →有力的
"The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels."
那些大領(lǐng)主的罪過是以權(quán)勢欺壓村民.
近義：lordly, masterful, mighty, authoritative, potent, puissant
反義：impotent, infirm, labile, languid, languishing, languorous
vt. 模仿，效仿;仿造，偽造;
?? imit想象，相象+ate做→做得相象→模仿
"Some parrots can imitate sounds and repeat words and sentences."
有些鸚鵡能模仿(人的)聲音,還能學人說一些單詞和句子.
近義：ape, mimic, parody, travesty, burlesque, copy
pron. 無論什么;任何（事物）;諸如此類;（表示不在乎，什么都可接受）什么都可以;
adj. 無論什么…都;無論怎樣…都;任何…也;
?? what什么+ever究竟→無論什么
"Do whatever seems best to you."
你覺得什么最好，就做什么。
近義：any, whatsoever, whichever, whichsoever, either, anything
n. 基礎(chǔ);基地;根據(jù);基數(shù)（如十進制的10 和二進制的2）;
vt. 基于;把…建立在;把…放在或設(shè)在（基地）;把…置于底座（或基座）上;
adj. 卑鄙的;低級的;賤的，劣的;庶生的;
?? bas,base 表示”低下,基礎(chǔ)”
"He's gone AWOL from his base."
他從基地開了小差。
近義：place, rest, seat, secure, settle, brace
反義：kind, softhearted, tender, decent, good, goodhearted
n. 理由;原因;理性;理智;
vt.& vi. 推理，思考;爭辯;辯論;向…解釋;
?? 再（re）生一個（a）兒子(son)， 理由是第一個兒子夭折了
"The reason for the flood was that heavy rain."
水災(zāi)是那場大雨造成的.
近義：ratiocinate, think, conclude, deduce, deduct, motivation
反義：idiocy, applesauce, imbecility, inaccuracy, inanity, mistake