So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 政府;政體;治理的形式;管轄，治理;
?? govern統治+ment表名詞 →政府
"the government's abandonment of its new economic policy"
政府對新經濟政策的放棄
近義：ruling, control, rule, state, governing, governmental
反義：mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, disorderliness, anarchy, lawlessness
adj. 堅硬無比的;牢不可破的;堅定不移的;堅決的;
n. 堅硬的物質;<地質>硬石;<詩>牢不可破;
?? a不+dam征服+ant屬于...的→不可征服的 → 堅定的，堅固的
"Eva was adamant that she would not come."
伊娃堅決不來。
近義：hidebound, inflexible, intractable, mulish, nonflexible, obdurate
反義：approbatory, indulging, leathery, lissom, malleable, obliging
adj. 固體的;實心的;結實的，可靠的;可信賴的;
n. 固體;立體圖形;立方體;
?? solidus(firm)+id(形容詞后綴)→固體的；牢固的；純粹的
"The team's bullpen is solid this year."
今年該隊的候補投手實力不錯。
近義：trimensional, massive, robust, strong, sturdy, consistent
反義：flowing, fluid
adj. 強大的;權力大的;（藥）有效地;
adv. 很;非常;
?? power力量+ful表形容詞，“有…的” →有力的
"The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels."
那些大領主的罪過是以權勢欺壓村民.
近義：lordly, masterful, mighty, authoritative, potent, puissant
反義：impotent, infirm, labile, languid, languishing, languorous
n. 反論，悖論;似非而是的論點;自相矛盾的人或事;[物]佯謬;
?? para在旁邊+dox觀點→觀點旁邊與之對立的觀點→謬論，悖論，怪論
"He was a paradox—a loner who loved to chat to strangers."
他真是個矛盾人物，生性孤僻卻又喜歡和陌生人閑聊。
adj. 陌生的，生疏的;奇怪的，古怪的;疏遠的;外國的;
adv. 奇怪地;陌生地;冷淡地;
?? 事真奇”（諧音）即 奇怪的
"a strange concatenation of events"
一連串奇怪的事
近義：odd, offbeat, outlandish, quaint, queer, queerish
反義：inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average