Fragile as reason is and limited as law is as the institutionalised medium of reason, that's all we have between us and the tyranny of mere will and the cruelty of unbridled, undisciplined feelings.
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adj. 易碎的，脆的;虛弱的;
?? frag打碎+ile能…的→能碎的 → 易碎的
"The old lady was increasingly fragile after her operation."
那位老太太手術(shù)后身體越來越虛弱.
近義：precarious, shortcrust, unstable, unsteady, weak, wonky
反義：resistive, strong, tough, stout, hard
adj. 有限的;（君主權(quán)力）受憲法限制的;〈美〉乘客名額有限制的;（智力，能力等）有限的;
n. 高級快車;直達的火車或汽車;
?? lim門檻，限制+it=mit放出+ed形容詞后綴 → 放出限制 → 有限的,限量的
"Teachers have a limited amount of time to interact with each child."
教師和每個孩子溝通的時間有限。
近義：qualified, restricted, circumscribed, circumscript, confined, constricted
反義：illimitable, immeasurable, infinite, limitless, spaceless, termless
adj. 中等的，中級的;普通的;平均的;半生熟的;
n. 媒介物，媒質(zhì);中間，中庸，[生]培養(yǎng)基，培養(yǎng)液，顏料溶解液，[數(shù)]中數(shù)，平均，[邏]中名辭;手段，方法;中間物;
?? medi中間+um表名詞→中間物，媒介
"the government's medium-term financial strategy"
政府的中期金融策略
近義：instrument, means, vehicle, psychic, mean, median
反義：highest, illustrious, appointed, leading, magnificent, marked
n. 暴虐;專橫;暴行;
?? tyrann=tyrant暴君+y表名詞 → 暴政, 苛政, 專治
"a victim of oppression and tyranny"
壓迫和暴政的受害者
近義：arbitrareity, absolutism, autocracy, caesarism, despotism, dictatorship
n. 殘忍;殘忍的行為;殘酷行為;虐待;
?? cruel殘酷的+ty表名詞 →殘酷
"The deliberate cruelty of his words cut her like a knife."
他故意說的殘酷無情的話對她像刀割一樣。
近義：outrage, heartlessness, inclemency, inhumanity, insidiousness, mercilessness
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