Nearly all legislation involves a weighing of public needs as against private desires; and likewise a weighing of relative social values.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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adv. 幾乎，差不多;險乎;
?? near接近 + ly ...的 → ad.差不多；密切地
"After roaming around nearly half his life, he finally settled down in Canada."
他過了半輩子的流浪生活, 最后在加拿大定居了下來.
近義：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nigh
n. 立法，制定法律;法律，法規;
?? legis法律+lat=late使之成...+ion名詞后綴 → 使之成法律 → 立法
"The new government set about dismantling their predecessors'legislation."
新政府正著手廢除其前任所制定的法律.
近義：regulations, rules, rulings, constitution
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
prep. 反對;對…不利;緊靠;以防;
?? gain =against (反對)#詞根助記：反對
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票贊成，五人反對，兩人棄權。
近義：athwart, agin
adj. 私有的，私人的;秘密的;內心的;平民的，無官職的，士兵的;
n. 列兵，士兵，[陸]二等兵;〈古〉私人，個人;陰部，生殖器;
?? priv單個+ate形容詞后綴→個人的
"You can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments."
整座宮殿除內殿外均可參觀。
近義：pfc, grunt, squaddie, inside, noteworthy, particular
反義：open, overt, patent, communal
adv. 同樣地;也，而且;
?? like相像+wise方向，狀態 →同樣地
"He voted for the change and he expected his colleagues to do likewise ."
他投票贊成變革并期望他的同事投同樣的票。
近義：idem, item, similarly, too, ditto, alike
反義：opposedly, variously, contrarily