The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
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adj. 智力的;有才智的;需用智力的;智力發達的;
n. 知識分子;腦力勞動者;有極高智力的人;憑理智（而非感情）辦事的人;
?? intellect智力+ual...的→ 智力的
"Some Americans see Oxford as an intellectual Disneyland."
一些美國人把牛津視為知識分子的樂園。
近義：highbrow, literatus, scholar, longhair, egghead
反義：ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninstructed
n. 追趕;工作;
?? pursu=pursue追求+it名詞后綴，表抽象名詞 →追求
"He was unrelenting in his pursuit of legal mandate."
他堅決要求得到合法的托管權.
近義：hunt, hunting, inquiry, investigation, query, quest
n. 逃避;職位空缺;廢止;無效;
"There was a careful avoidance of the sensitive topic in the scholastic circles."
學術界小心地避開那個敏感的話題.
近義：runaround, sidestepping, dodge, escape, evasion
adv. 仍，仍然;更，還要;靜靜地;〈詩〉常，不斷地;
adj. 不動的，靜止的;不狂暴的，溫柔的;沒有活力的，死氣沉沉的;
n. 平靜，寂靜;劇照;靜止攝影;蒸餾器;
vt.& vi. （使某物）平靜下來，安靜;〈古〉燒（酒），蒸餾;
conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
盡管快80歲了，他還是十分活躍。
近義：hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify
反義：incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset
n. 報酬;報答;賞金;酬金;
vt. 酬謝，獎賞;報答，懲罰;
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"a reward for good behaviour"
優秀行為獎
近義：award, please, recompense, reimburse, remunerate, repay
反義：penalise, penalize, reprehend, scourge, smite, thrash