In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create but by what we refuse to destroy.
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?? 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
n. 社會;上流社會;社團;社群;
adj. 上流社會的，社交界的;
?? socie=social社會+ty表名詞 → 社會，社團
"Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society."
文明社會憎惡種族主義。
近義：aristoi, community, institution, merging, partnership, brotherhood
反義：personhood, self, selfhood, distinctiveness, individual
vt. 創造，創作;產生;封爵，把…封為（貴族）;
vi. [英][俚]大發脾氣，大發牢騷;
?? cre增長，產生+ate造成→增長→創造
"Mellow music and lighting helped to create the right atmosphere."
柔和的音樂和燈光襯托出了適宜的氛圍。
近義：indite, innovate, invent, make, manufacture, mold
v. 拒絕;回絕;推卻;
n. 廢棄物;垃圾;
?? re回+fuse流，瀉→向回流→拒絕
"It would be churlish to refuse such a generous offer."
拒絕這樣一個慷慨的提議未免失禮。
近義：reject, snub, spurn, waive, decline, deny
反義：indulge, assent, nod, accede, acquiesce, comply
vt. 破壞，摧毀;消滅，殲滅（敵人）;殺死;使失敗;
?? de壞+stroy=struct建造 → 毀壞，破壞
"It is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct."
誰都知道破壞容易建設難.
近義：shatter, impair, kill, mar, obliterate, rack
反義：mend, refit, repair, service, tinker
a. 清晰的, 輪廓分明的；有定義的, 確定的
近義：bounded, determinate, distinct
反義：imprecise, indeterminate, lax, loose, mistakable, sketchy