Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.
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n. 足球〔美國通常指橄欖球〕;足球運(yùn)動;屢屢引起爭論（或分歧）的問題;被踢來踢去的難題;
?? foot腳 + ball 球 → 足球比賽；足球
"an all-weather football pitch"
全天候足球場
近義：rugby, rugger, soccer, footer, footballing
vt.& vi. 懂，理解;
vt. 了解;默認(rèn);聽說;領(lǐng)會;
?? under(under)+stand→懂；了解；通曉；認(rèn)為
"That's just an approximation, you understand."
你知道那僅僅是近似值。
近義：ideate, imagine, apprehend, interpret, assimilate, penetrate
反義：misapprehend, misconstrue, mishear, misinterpret, misrepresent, misread
adj. 重要的;權(quán)威的;有勢力的;有地位的;
?? import重要的 + ant 具有...性質(zhì)的 → a.重要的；有勢力的
"Earthworms do the important job of aerating the soil."
蚯蚓做了使土壤透氣的重要工作。
近義：appreciable, indispensable, interesting, landmark, major, material
反義：idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
n. 政治;政治事務(wù);政治觀點(diǎn);權(quán)術(shù);
?? polit國家，城市+ics表名稱，學(xué)科學(xué)術(shù) →政治
"The professor's a radical in politics but a conservative dresser."
教授在政治上是激進(jìn)派,但衣著卻很守舊.
n. 教練;（鐵路）旅客車廂;長途客運(yùn)汽車;四輪大馬車;
vt.& vi. 訓(xùn)練;輔導(dǎo);
vt. 訓(xùn)練;指導(dǎo);
vi. 作指導(dǎo);受訓(xùn)練[輔導(dǎo)];坐馬車旅行;
?? 口氣”（諧音）: 教練口氣大，不行就換下
"The coach is downplaying the team's poor performance."
教練對這個(gè)隊(duì)的拙劣表現(xiàn)不以為然。
近義：prepare, qualify, teach, train, drill, exercise
adj. 聰明的;敏捷的;漂亮的;整齊的;
vi. 疼痛;感到刺痛;難過;
n. 創(chuàng)傷;刺痛;疼痛;痛苦;
vt. 引起…的疼痛（或痛苦、苦惱等）;
adv. 聰明伶俐地，輕快地，漂亮地;
?? 音：時(shí)髦的
"He felt the smart of their insult for many days."
他受到他們的侮辱后好多天都感到難受.
近義：burn, twinge, pang, smarting, throb, itch
反義：heal, lighten, assuage, mitigate, palliate, quell