The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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public ['p?bl?k] 詞頻1 詞根: popul
adj. 公眾的,公共的;公開的;政府的;人人知道的,知名的; n. 大眾;社會;公共場所;(文學家等的)愛讀者;
?? publ人民+ic...的 → 公開的,公眾的
"The public are requested not to throw waste paper in the park."
公眾被要求不得在公園里亂扔廢紙.
近義:assistance, attendance, audience, turnout, concurrence, concurrency 反義:participator, plaintiff, sharer, actor, inside, noteworthy
evil ['ivl] 詞頻1
adj. 邪惡的,罪惡的;有害的;不幸的,不吉的;品行壞的; n. 邪惡,罪惡;壞事,惡行;邪惡的力量、勢力或化身;災禍;
?? e 加強或引申意義、使…+vil =base (卑劣的) → n.邪惡;禍害 a.壞的
"the evil effects of racism"
種族主義的惡劣影響
近義:ill, infirmity, malady, complaint, affection, disease 反義:goodness, humane, kind, kindhearted, kindly, loyal
price [pra?s] 詞頻1 詞根: 價值
n. 價格,價錢;代價;價值;賞金; vt. 標價;定價;問…的價格;給…定價;
?? 平(p) 價大米(rice)不貴
"This pass enables me to travel half - price on trains."
我用這張通行證可以半價乘火車.
近義:appraise, appreciate, assess, quote, rate, value
indifference [in'difr?ns] 詞頻3 詞根: 攜帶
n. 不重視,不在乎,漠不關心;中立,中性;冷淡;無差;
"his total indifference to what people thought of him"
他對別人怎么看他毫不在乎的態度
近義:aboulia, apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indolence, informality 反義:heedfulness, application, inquisitiveness, intentness, interestedness, mindfulness
ruled
a. 有橫隔線的;有直線行的;受統治的
近義:lined 反義:unallocated, unordered, unorganized
affairs
n. 事務, 事宜;風流韻事

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