Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity.
— John Brown
· Dignity
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
adj. 狡猾的，狡詐的;巧妙的，靈巧的;
adv. 狡猾地，狡詐地;
n. 狡猾，狡詐;
?? craft 工藝+ y...的 → 工藝精湛的 → 巧妙的
"He's a crafty old devil."
他是個奸詐狡猾的家伙。
近義：masterful, practiced, proficient, skilful, skilled, skillful
反義：ingenuous, naif, naive, pure, sincere, blameless
n. 暴徒，惡棍;
?? ruff兇殘+ian職業，地位 →惡棍
"The ruffian threatened to run his victim through if he did not hand over all his money."
暴徒恐嚇受害者說如果他不把所有的錢都交出來,就捅死他.
近義：hector, highwayman, intimidator, murderer, offender, outlaw
n. 尊嚴;高尚;自豪;自尊;
?? dign值得，高貴+ity抽象名詞 → 威嚴，莊嚴
"She always comports herself with great dignity."
她的舉止總是很端莊。
近義：honesty, honor, majesty, propriety, seemliness, stateliness
反義：humiliation, reproach, unworthiness, dishonourableness, defilement, disgrace
adj. 溫柔的;溫暖的;輕微的;（味道）不濃的;
n. 淡味麥芽啤酒;
?? 棉襖得（諧音）：棉襖得，很 溫和 mild-milk:像牛奶一般的- 溫和的 wild野的-w反過來m-mild(溫柔的)
"Aspirin is a mild analgesic."
阿司匹林是藥性平和的止痛藥。
近義：kind, mellow, abstinent, placid, restrained, serene
反義：spleenful, spleeny, splenetic, splenetical
adj. 精明的，敏銳的;奸詐的，狡猾的;有眼光的;精于盤算的;
?? shr(short收縮，短小，精)+ewd 精明的 機靈的 識路的(諧音):挺 機靈
"His answer to the journalist is a shrewd one."
他回答記者的問題是很機敏的.
近義：intelligent, argute, knowing, astute, perceptive, percipient
adj. 誠實的;坦誠的;老實的;辛勤掙得的;
"I hate to disillusion you, but not everyone is as honest as you."
我實在不愿把實情告訴你，但并非人人都像你那樣誠實。
近義：honorable, honourable, irreproachable, just, principled, pure
反義：licentious, astray, miscreant, nefarious, perverse, perverted