A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
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n. 定罪;說服;確信;信念;
?? con全部+vict征服,戰勝+ion表名詞→定罪;堅信
"His conviction was later quashed by the Court of Appeal."
后來,上訴法院撤銷了對他的有罪判決。
近義:ideology, judgement, judgment, assurance, assuredness, notion
反義:hesitation, incertitude, indecision, indecisiveness, indefinition, indetermination
adv. 僅僅,只不過;只是;純粹;全然;
?? mere僅僅 + ly...的 → ad.僅僅,只不過
"Do you really want to go or are you merely being amiable?"
你是真的想去呢,還是僅僅為了表示友好?
近義:just, only, purely, simply, solely, but
int. 請;
vt.& vi. 使高興;使滿意;討人喜歡;討好;
?? please(please)→取悅;使高興;喜歡;愿意;請
"Please be quiet. I have to study the book for a test tomorrow."
請不要說話了, 明天要考試,我得看書.
近義:humor, oblige, pleasure, recompense, recreate, repay
反義:undeceive, disenthrall, disappoint, discontent, dishearten, dissatisfy
vt. 避開,避免,預防;[法]使無效,撤銷,廢止;
?? a=out處于+void空→empty out空出來→避開,避免
"Write clear definitions in order to avoid ambiguity."
釋義要寫清楚以免產生歧義。
近義:parry, avert, prevent, shirk, shun, sidestep
反義:approach, initiate, launch, start, tackle, wage
n. 麻煩;煩惱;故障;動亂;
vi. 費心;煩惱;
vt. 麻煩;使煩惱;折磨;
?? turb = stir”表示”攪動”
"We had a lot of trouble levering the roots out."
我們在撬樹根時遇到了很多麻煩.
近義:inconvenience, irk, irritate, molest, nag, offend
adj. 較好的;更合適的;能力更強的;好轉的;
adv. 更好地;更妥;更;
v. 勝過;上進;
n. 更好者;更有才智者;
"We're hoping for better weather tomorrow."
我們希望明天天氣轉好。
近義:improve, perfect, upgrade, meliorate, complete, enrich
反義:intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, lousy