A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors.
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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
n. <集合詞>祖先;世家，名門;[生]系譜;血統;
?? an先+cest走+ry表名詞 → 走在前面的 → 祖先
"to have Scottish ancestry"
祖籍蘇格蘭
近義：lineage, ascendancy, ascendency, order, origin, parentage
反義：plebeianism, commonality
n. 仇恨，憎惡;敵意;
?? hatr仇恨+ed名詞后綴 → 憎惡，憎恨，仇恨
"There was suspicion and even downright hatred between them."
他們之間相互懷疑甚至極度仇恨。
近義：antipathy, hostility, loathing, malice, odium, averseness
反義：idyl, idyll, attachment, predilection, romance, tenderness
n. 國家;民族;國民;政府;
?? 那(na)梯(ti)上(on)有 國家
"The nation's coffers are empty."
國庫空虛。
近義：region, country, people, commonwealth
united
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a. 聯合的, 團結的, 一致的, 和睦的\\n[法] 聯合的, 統一的, 一致的
近義：joined, joint, associated, near, nearby, neighboring
反義：isolated, remote, retired, segmented, separated, severed
adj. 普通的;通俗的;[數學]公共的;共有的;
n. [法律]（對土地、水域的）共有權;公共用地;普通;平民;
?? 共同(com)在月光(mon-moon)下， 共有的
"We have lots of things in common besides music."
除了音樂，我們還有很多共通點。
近義：popular, mundane, ordinary, average, plain, commonplace
反義：irreplaceable, matchless, outstanding, peculiar, single, sole